Isaiah 24:7

7 The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan.

Isaiah 24:7 in Other Translations

KJV
7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
ESV
7 The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.
NLT
7 The grapevines waste away, and there is no new wine. All the merrymakers sigh and mourn.
MSG
7 No more wine, no more vineyards, no more songs or singers.
CSB
7 The new wine mourns; the vine withers. All the carousers now groan.

Isaiah 24:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 24:7

The new wine mourneth
For want men to drink it, or because spilled by the enemy; or the inhabitants of the land mourn for want of it, not having their vintages as usual: the vine languisheth;
or is sickly, and so barren and unfruitful, does not bring forth its clusters of grapes as it used to do; there being none to prune it, and take care of it, and being trodden down by hostile forces. The Targum is,

``all that drink wine shall mourn, because the vines are broken down.''
So the Romish harlot, and those that have drank of the wine of her fornication, and have lived deliciously, shall have, in one hour, death, and mourning, and famine, ( Revelation 18:7 Revelation 18:8 ) : all the merryhearted do sigh;
such, whose hearts wine has formerly made glad, shall now sigh for want of it; and such who have lived deliciously with the whore of Rome, and have had many a merry bout with her, shall now bewail her, and lament for her, when she shall be utterly burnt with fire, ( Revelation 18:9 ) .

Isaiah 24:7 In-Context

5 The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
7 The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan.
8 The joyful timbrels are stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.
9 No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Jeremiah 48:33; Joel 1:5
  • 2. Isaiah 7:23; S Isaiah 15:6; Isaiah 32:10; Joel 1:10-12
  • 3. S Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 16:8-10
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