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Isaiah 24:7
7The grapevines waste away, and there is no new wine. All the merrymakers sigh and mourn.
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 King James Version (NKJV)The new wine fails, the vine languishes, All the merry-hearted sigh.
Context of Isaiah 24:7
5The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted God’s instructions, violated his laws, and broken his everlasting covenant. 6Therefore, a curse consumes the earth. Its people must pay the price for their sin. They are destroyed by fire, and only a few are left alive. The grapevines waste away, and there is no new wine. All the merrymakers sigh and mourn. 8The cheerful sound of tambourines is stilled; the happy cries of celebration are heard no more. The melodious chords of the harp are silent. 9Gone are the joys of wine and song; alcoholic drink turns bitter in the mouth.
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אָבַ֥ל תִּיר֖וֹשׁ אֻמְלְלָה־גָ֑פֶן נֶאֶנְח֖וּ כָּל־שִׂמְחֵי־לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 24:7
- Isaiah 16:8The farms of Heshbon are abandoned; the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted. The rulers of the nations have broken down Moab— that beautiful grapevine. Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jazer and trailed eastward into the wilderness. Its shoots reached so far west that they crossed over the Dead Sea.
- Isaiah 32:9Listen, you women who lie around in ease. Listen to me, you who are so smug.
- Hosea 9:1O people of Israel, do not rejoice as other nations do. For you have been unfaithful to your God, hiring yourselves out like prostitutes, worshiping other gods on every threshing floor.
- Joel 1:10The fields are ruined, the land is stripped bare. The grain is destroyed, the grapes have shriveled, and the olive oil is gone.
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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