Isaiah 51:20
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.
19 These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
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.
22 Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
- WEB
- Your sons have fainted. They lie at the head of all the streets, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the LORD’s wrath, the rebuke of your God.
- ASV
- Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.
- DARBY
- Thy children have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an oryx in a net: they are full of the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.
- BLB
- Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of all the streets, like an antelope in a net, being full of the rage of YHWH, the rebuke of your God.
- ÅB
- Dine barn lå avmektige på alle gatehjørner som en hjort i garnet, de som var fylt av Herrens brennende vrede, av din Guds trusler.
- OTB
- Dine barn har besvimt; de ligger på hvert gatehjørne, som en gasell fanget i et nett. De er fylt med Herrens vrede, din Guds irettesettelse.
- B1930
- Dine barn lå avmektige på alle gatehjørner som en hjort i garnet, de som var fylt av Herrens brennende vrede, av din Guds trusler.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 16:9–11
And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
Read in contextLamentations 2:11–12
My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
Read in contextLamentations 1:15
The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in contextLamentations 5:13
Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
Read in contextJeremiah 14:18
If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
Read in contextLamentations 4:2
How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
Read in contextEzekiel 12:13
But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
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