Isaiah 51:19
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.
18 Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
20 Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
21 Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
- KJV
- These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
- WEB
- These two things have happened to you— who will grieve with you?— desolation and destruction, and famine and the sword. How can I comfort you?
- ASV
- These two things are befallen thee, who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?
- DARBY
- These two [things] are come unto thee; who will bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and famine and sword: how shall I comfort thee?
- BLB
- These two [things] are meeting you—who will grieve for you? The devastation and the destruction, and the famine and the sword—who can comfort you?
- ÅB
- To ting var det som rammet deg - hvem ynkes over deg? - ødeleggelse og undergang, hunger og sverd - hvordan skal jeg trøste deg?
- OTB
- Disse to ulykker har rammet deg—hvem vil trøste deg?—ødeleggelse og ødeleggelse, sult og sverd—hvordan kan jeg trøste deg?
- B1930
- To ting var det som rammet dig - hvem ynkes over dig? - ødeleggelse og undergang, hunger og sverd - hvorledes skal jeg trøste dig?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 47:9
These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
Read in contextAmos 7:2
And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
Read in contextIsaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
Read in contextLamentations 1:9
Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
Read in contextJob 2:11
Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
Read in contextLamentations 1:12
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
Read in contextEzekiel 14:21
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
Read in contextIsaiah 14:30
Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.
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