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The new wine mourns.
The vine dries up.
Those who were feeling merry now sigh.
The happy sound of drums has ceased.
The noise of partying has ended.
The joyful lyre is silent.
They will drink no wine with their songs anymore.
Beer[a] is bitter to those who drink it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:9 Beer refers to any fermented drink not made from grapes. Distilled alcohol was not used in biblical times.