They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
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Gill's Exposition
They shall not drink wine with a song,.... They that have wine to drink shall not drink it with that pleasure they have heretofore done; nor shall their drinking be attended with merry songs, such as…
Barnes' Notes
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 Isa 5:11. Shall be bitter ... - They shall…
It is a very dark and melancholy scene that this prophecy presents to our view; turn our eyes which way we will, every thing looks dismal. The threatened desolations are here described in a great…
On the use of music at feasts, along with wine, see ch. Isa 5:11-12; Amo 6:5. The verbs in Isa 24:24 should be rendered in the present tense.
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