Isaiah 24:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

drink wine with a song - That is, accompanied with a song, as the usual mode was in their feasts.

Strong drink - On the word שׁכר shêkār see the note at Isaiah 5:11.

Shall be bitter ... - They shall cease to find pleasure in it in consequence of the general calamitics that have come upon the nation.

Isaiah 24:9

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