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Isaiah 51:21

Suffering

19 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.

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.

23 I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”

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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
Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.
KJV
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
WEB
Therefore now hear this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
ASV
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but now with wine:
DARBY
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
BLB
Therefore hear now this, O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine!
ÅB
Derfor, hør dette, du arme, og du som er drukken, men ikke av vin!
OTB
Derfor, hør dette, du plaget, som er full, men ikke av vin.
B1930
Derfor, hør dette, du arme, og du som er drukken, men ikke av vin!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • Isaiah 29:9

    Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.

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  • 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.

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