Isaiah 51:22

Your Lord Yahweh, your God, who pleads the cause of his people, says this, 1 “See, I have taken the cup of staggering from your hand— 1 the bowl, which is the cup of my anger—so that you will not drink it again. 1

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In The King James Version

Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

In Context

21But now hear this, you oppressed one and drunken one, but not drunk with wine: 1

23I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, those who have said to you, 'Lie down, that we may walk over you'; 1 you made your back like the ground and like the street for them to walk on.”

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Cross References

Psalms 35:1Yahweh, work against those who work against me; 1 fight against those who fight against me. 1

Isaiah 29:9Astonish yourselves and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! 1 Be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not with beer. 1

Isaiah 51:17Awake, 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

Isaiah 54:9For this is like the waters of Noah to me: 1 as I swore that the waters of Noah would never again pass over the earth, 1 so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. 1

Jeremiah 50:34The one who rescues them is strong. Yahweh of hosts is his name. He will truly plead their case, 1 in order to bring rest to the land, and to bring strife to the ones inhabiting Babylon. 1

Lamentations 3:15He filled me with bitterness and forced me to drink wormwood. 1

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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