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The Cup of Salvation

17 Awake, awake!
    Rise up, O Jerusalem!
You have drunk from the Lord’s hand
    the cup of his wrath;
and have drained to the dregs
    the goblet that causes men to become inebriated.
18 Of all the sons you have brought forth,
    there is no one to guide you;
of all the sons you have reared,
    there is no one to take you by the hand.
19 Who is there to grieve with you
    about the twofold disaster you have suffered?
Devastation and destruction, famine and sword:
    who can comfort you?

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