Isaiah 51:18

Among kol banim whom she hath given birth to, 1 there is none to guide her; 1 neither is there any that taketh her by the yad 1 of kol banim that she hath reared. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

In Context

17Awake, awake, rise up, O Yerushalayim, 1 which hast drunk at the Yad Hashem 1 the kos of His fury; thou hast drunk to the dregs 1 and drained dry the Kos HaTarelah (Cup of Reeling). 1

19These two are come upon thee. 1 Who shall grieve for thee? 1 Shod and shever and ra'av (famine) and cherev; 1 with whom shall I console thee? 1

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Cross References

Psalms 88:18They came round about me daily like mayim; 1 they close in, engulfing me. 1

Isaiah 3:4And I will make ne'arim (lads) to be their sarim, 1 and babes shall rule over them. 1

Isaiah 45:1Thus saith Hashem to His Moshiach, 1 to Koresh (Cyrus), whose yamin (right hand) I have taken hold of, 1 to subdue Goyim before him; 1 and the loins of melachim I ungird, 1 to open before him the double doors and the she'arim (gates), 1 that they may not continue shut; 1

Jeremiah 10:20My ohel is destroyed, 1 and all my tent cords are broken; 1 my banim are gone forth of me, and are no more; 1 there is none to pitch any more my ohel, 1 and to hang up my tent curtains. 1

Ezekiel 34:6My tzon wandered through all the harim, and upon every high givah (hill); yes, My tzon was scattered upon all the face of ha'aretz, and none did search or seek after them.

Matthew 15:14Leave them. They are blind morei derech (guides, teachers) of [the] blind. And if the ivver (blind man) leads the ivrim (blind), both will fall into a pit.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:18-23

Jerusalem's Affliction. ( b. c. 706.) 17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. 18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. 19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom… Read the whole commentary →

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