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Isaiah 51

Isaiah 51:17

God’s Fury Removed · Isaiah 51:17–23
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Translations

Modern
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.
Traditional
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.
Literal
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, who have drunk from the hand of YHWH the cup of His anger—the goblet, the cup of reeling—you have drunk, you drained it!
Latin
Elevare, elevare, consurge, Jerusalem, quæ bibisti de manu Domini calicem iræ ejus; usque ad fundum calicis soporis bibisti, et potasti usque ad fæces.

Original

Hebrew
English
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.

Notes

Isaiah 51:17

  • Awake, awake!: Israel used these words in a prayer to the Lord (Isaiah 51:9). Israel's problems were not because God was slow to act. Instead, the people were slow to believe God's promises.

  • the cup of His fury: The Lord will give judgment in a just and measured way. He will judge in the right amount and at the right time.

    Those who come under his judgment are described as drinking from a cup of his wrath. This is a picture that shows they must fully experience the results of their sin (see also Matthew 26:39).

Isaiah 51:17–23

The prophet called the people of Israel to be done with their past and to anticipate God’s future for them.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Church Cup Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Cup of Sorrow Drunkenness: Figurative Wake Up