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Isaiah 24:9

9. They shall not drink wine with a song. To drink wine is not in itself evil, because God has appointed it for the use of man; but here the Prophet describes the banquets of drunkards, which were full of licentiousness, songs, and insolence.

John Calvin and William Pringle, Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, vol. 2 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2010), 172.

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