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“The celebrations of the tambourine have ended,
    the noise of the jubilant has stopped,
        and the mirth that the harp produces has ended.
No longer do they drink wine
    accompanied by singing;
        even beer[a] tastes bitter to those who drink it.
10 The chaotic city lies broken down;
    every house is closed up
        so that no one can enter them.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:9 Or and strong drink
  2. Isaiah 24:10 1QIsaa MT lack them

The joyful timbrels(A) are stilled,
    the noise(B) of the revelers(C) has stopped,
    the joyful harp(D) is silent.(E)
No longer do they drink wine(F) with a song;
    the beer is bitter(G) to its drinkers.
10 The ruined city(H) lies desolate;(I)
    the entrance to every house is barred.

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