Isaiah 24:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּשִּׁ֖יר לֹ֣א יִשְׁתּוּ־יָ֑יִן יֵמַ֥ר שֵׁכָ֖ר לְשֹׁתָֽיו׃

Transliteration

With-the-šîr not yištû-yāyin yēmar šēkār to-šōtāyw

Grammar Details

*šîr*: common noun, masculine singular with preposition ב and definite article - with song
*yištû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will drink
*yāyin*: common noun, masculine singular - wine
*yēmar*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is bitter
*šēkār*: common noun, masculine singular - strong drink
*šōtāyw*: Qal participle, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its drinkers

Word Meanings

*šîr*: song/singing
*yištû*: they will drink/they shall drink
*yāyin*: wine/fermented grape juice
*yēmar*: is bitter/turns bitter/becomes distasteful
*šēkār*: strong drink/intoxicating beverage
*šōtāyw*: its drinkers/those who drink it

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 5:22 : 22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
Eccl 9:7 : 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.
Isa 5:11-12 : 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them! 12 And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
Isa 5:20 : 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Ps 69:12 : 12 They that sit in the gate talk of me; And [I am] the song of the drunkards.
Eph 5:18-19 : 18 And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; 19 speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
Amos 6:5-7 : 5 that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6 that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. 7 Therefore shall they now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.
Amos 8:3 : 3 And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many: in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.
Amos 8:10 : 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Zech 9:15 : 15 Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling - stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

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