Isaiah 51:21

Modern

Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.

Traditional

Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

Literal

Therefore hear now this, O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine!

Latin

Idcirco audi hoc, paupercula, et ebria non a vino.

Hebrew

English

Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.

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 29:9
Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
Isaiah 54:11
“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
Isaiah 51:17
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.