They talk about me in public places.\par The beer drinkers make up songs about me.\par
Isaiah 24:9 - Easy To Read Version People don’t sing happy songs while they drink their wine. The beer now tastes bitter to the person drinking it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No more will they drink wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it. American Standard Version (1901) They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. Common English Bible No one drinks wine or sings; beer is bitter to its drinkers. Catholic Public Domain Version They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They shall not drink wine with a song: the drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. |
They talk about me in public places.\par The beer drinkers make up songs about me.\par
So go and eat your food now and enjoy it. Drink your wine and be happy. It is all right with God if you do these things.
Those people say that good things are bad, and bad things are good. Those people think light is darkness, and darkness is light. Those people think sour is sweet, and sweet is sour.
Those people are famous for drinking wine. They are champions at mixing drinks.
So I will stop the sound of your happy songs. People won’t hear your harps any more.
I will change your holidays\par into days of crying for the dead.\par All your songs will be songs of sadness\par for dead people.\par I will put clothes of sadness on everyone.\par I will make every head bald. {\cf2\super [104]} \par I will make it like heavy crying\par for an only son that has died.\par It will be a very bitter end.”\par
The temple {\cf2\super [99]} songs will become sad funeral songs. The Lord my Master said those things. There will be dead bodies everywhere. In silence, people will take out the dead bodies and throw them \{onto the pile\}.” {\cf2\super [100]}
The Lord All-Powerful will protect them.\par The soldiers will use rocks and slings {\cf2\super [25]} \par to defeat the enemy.\par They will spill the blood of their enemies.\par It will flow like wine.\par It will be like the blood that is thrown\par on the corners of the altar!\par