Bible Strands
Isaiah 24:7
The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Isaiah pronounces the immediate aftermath of a curse that has consumed the earth and left only a few survivors. The prophet describes the collapse of agricultural abundance and social celebration as the direct consequence of the land's guilt.
The words — The Hebrew תִּיר֖וֹשׁ (ti.Ro.osh) means new wine, paired with אָבַ֥ל (a.Val) indicating it has dried up, while אֻמְלְלָה ('um.le.lah) describes the vine languishing. These agricultural terms frame the shift in שִׂמְחֵי לֵב (sim.chei lev), the joyful-hearted, who now groan (נֶאֶנְח֖וּ, ne.'en.Chu).
The thread — This pattern of withered vines and dried new wine appears in Isaiah 16:8–10, where the grapevines of Heshbon and Sibmah are ruined and joy is stripped from the orchards. Joel 1:10 records the identical sequence, noting the new wine drying up alongside destroyed grain and a mourning land.
Why it lands — The text presents agricultural failure as the visible marker of divine judgment, showing that harvest destruction directly causes the end of communal joy. Readers must acknowledge that the removal of provision and celebration is the concrete result of bearing guilt, demanding a sober reckoning before any further spiritual interpretation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 16:10 Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
- Isaiah 16:8 For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
- Joel 1:10 The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
- Isaiah 32:9 Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
- Hosea 9:1 Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.