Commentaries:
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 ׁ 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.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 24:9:
2 Kings 18:13
Isaiah 5:12
Amos 6:5
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