Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it." — Isaiah 24:9 (ASV)
They shall not drink wine with a song ... —Literally, in their song they drink no wine; i.e., the music of the feasts (Amos 6:5) should cease, and if they sang at all it should be a chant of lamentation (Amos 8:10). The very appetite for “strong drink” (probably the palm-wine of the East) should pass away, and it would be bitter as the wine of gall (Deuteronomy 32:33).