Isaiah 24:9

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“They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.”

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BSBPD

“They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 24:9 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
  2. Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
  3. Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
  4. Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
  5. Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
  6. Amos 6:5You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
  7. Amos 8:3“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
  8. Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
  9. Zechariah 9:15The LORD of Hosts will shield them.They will destroy and conquer with slingstones;they will drink and roar as with wine.And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls,drenched like the corners of the altar.
  10. Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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