Isaiah 51:17-23

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁷ Wake yourself, wake yourself up!
Stand up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk the cup of his fury^(A)
from the Lord’s hand;
you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs—
the cup that causes people to stagger.
¹⁸ There is no one to guide her
among all the children she has raised;
there is no one to take hold of her hand
among all the offspring she has brought up.
¹⁹ These two things have happened to you:^(B)
devastation and destruction,
famine and sword.
Who will grieve for you?
How can I^[a] comfort you?
²⁰ Your children have fainted;
they lie at the head of every street
like an antelope in a net.
They are full of the Lord’s fury,
the rebuke of your God.

²¹ So listen to this, suffering
and drunken one—but not with wine.^(C)
22 This is what your Lord says—
the Lord, even your God,
who defends his people^(D)—
“Look, I have removed from your hand
the cup that causes staggering;
that goblet, the cup of my fury.
You will never drink it again.
²³ I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
who said to you,^(E)
‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’
You made your back like the ground,
and like a street for those who walk on it.