Isaiah 51:18

There is not a leader to her Out of all the sons she hath borne, And there is none laying hold on her hand Out of all the sons she hath nourished.

Young's Literal Translation

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

17Stir thyself, stir thyself, rise, Jerusalem, Who hast drunk from the hand of Jehovah The cup of His fury, The goblet, the cup of trembling, thou hast drunk, Thou hast wrung out.

19These two are meeting thee, who is moved for thee? Spoiling and destruction — Famine and sword, who — I comfort thee?

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Cross References

Psalms 88:18Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!

Isaiah 3:4And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.

Isaiah 45:1Thus said Jehovah, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Yea, loins of kings I loose, To open before him two-leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut:

Jeremiah 10:20My tent hath been spoiled, And all my cords have been broken, My sons have gone out from me, and they are not, There is none stretching out any more my tent, And raising up my curtains.

Ezekiel 34:6Go astray do My flock on all the mountains, And on every high hill, And on all the face of the land have My flock been scattered, And there is none inquiring, and none seeking.

Matthew 15:14let them alone, guides they are — blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'

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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