New King James Version
Isaiah 24:7
7The new wine fails, the vine languishes, All the merry-hearted sigh.
Isaiah 24:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
- New International Version (NIV)The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The grapevines waste away, and there is no new wine. All the merrymakers sigh and mourn.
Context of Isaiah 24:7
5The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed the laws, Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant. 6Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, And those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, And few men are left. The new wine fails, the vine languishes, All the merry-hearted sigh. 8The mirth of the tambourine ceases, The noise of the jubilant ends, The joy of the harp ceases. 9They shall not drink wine with a song; Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
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אָבַ֥ל תִּיר֖וֹשׁ אֻמְלְלָה־גָ֑פֶן נֶאֶנְח֖וּ כָּל־שִׂמְחֵי־לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 24:7
- Isaiah 16:8For the fields of Heshbon languish, And the vine of Sibmah; The lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants, Which have reached to Jazer And wandered through the wilderness. Her branches are stretched out, They are gone over the sea.
- Isaiah 32:9Rise up, you women who are at ease, Hear my voice; You complacent daughters, Give ear to my speech.
- Hosea 9:1Do not rejoice, O Israel, with joy like other peoples, For you have played the harlot against your God. You have made love for hire on every threshing floor.
- Joel 1:10The field is wasted, The land mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine is dried up, The oil fails.
Commentaries on Isaiah 24:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The new wine languisheth - The new wine (תירושׁ tı̂yrôsh ), denotes properly must, or wine that was newly expressed from the grape, and that was not fermented, usually translated new wine,‘ or sweet wine.‘ The expression here is poetic. The wine languishes or mourns because there are none to drink it; it is represented as grieved because it does not perform its usual office of exhilarating the heart, and the figure is thus an image of the desolation of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7People who once celebrated will now sigh and mourn. They depended on wine for their pleasure and joy. When the wine is gone, their happiness is gone as well.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. mourneth--because there are none to drink it [Barnes]. Rather, "is become vapid" [Horsley]. languisheth--because there are none to cultivate it now.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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