Isaiah 51:17

Awake, awake, stand up, Jerusalem, 1 you who have drunk out of the hand of Yahweh from the bowl of his anger; 1 you who have drunk out of the bowl, down to the dregs from the cup of staggering. 1

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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.

In Context

16I have placed my words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of my hand, 1 that I may plant the heavens, lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, 'You are my people.'” 1

18There is no one among all the sons she has born to guide her; 1 there is no one among all the sons that she has raised to take her by the hand. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:34so that you will become insane by what you have to see happen.

Job 21:20Let his eyes see his own destruction, 1 and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 1

Psalms 60:3You have made your people see difficult things; 1 you have made us drink the wine of staggering. 1

Psalms 75:8For Yahweh holds in his hand a cup of foaming wine, 1 which is mixed with spices, and pours it out. 1 Surely all the wicked of the earth will drink it to the last drop. 1

Isaiah 40:2“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem; and proclaim to her 1 that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, 1 that she has received double from Yahweh's hand for all her sins.” 1

Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; 1 put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, holy city; 1 for never again will the uncircumcised or the unclean enter you. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:10-17

Prayer in Behalf of Israel; Encouragement to the People of God. ( b. c. 706.) 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? 10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? 11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon… Read the whole commentary →

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