Bible verse
They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
Isaiah 24:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Isaiah 24.
5 The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.
7 The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
8 The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
9 They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
10 The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
11 In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.
12 The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
13 So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
KJV
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
ASV
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
ERV
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
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