Brighter Time for Exiled Israel
Isaiah 51:17
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury…


Jerusalem is pictured as a woman, prostrate through misfortune, lying helplessly as though drunken, on the roadside, her sons unable to guide or assist her: but she is to stand up; the past is now solemnly reversed.; and the cup of "reeling" which she has drunk is to be given to them that afflicted her (vers. 17-23).

(Prof. S. R. Driver, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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.

WEB: Awake, awake, stand up, Jerusalem, that have drunk at the hand of Yahweh the cup of his wrath; you have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.




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