Font Size
Isaiah 51:16-18
New King James Version
Isaiah 51:16-18
New King James Version
16 And (A)I have put My words in your mouth;
(B)I have covered you with the shadow of My hand,
(C)That I may [a]plant the heavens,
Lay the foundations of the earth,
And say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ”
God’s Fury Removed
17 (D)Awake, awake!
Stand up, O Jerusalem,
You who (E)have drunk at the hand of the Lord
The cup of His fury;
You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling,
And drained it out.
18 There is no one to guide her
Among all the sons she has brought forth;
Nor is there any who takes her by the hand
Among all the sons she has brought up.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:16 establish
Isaiah 51:16-18
New International Version
Isaiah 51:16-18
New International Version
16 I have put my words in your mouth(A)
and covered you with the shadow of my hand(B)—
I who set the heavens in place,
who laid the foundations of the earth,(C)
and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.(D)’”
The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath
17 Awake, awake!(E)
Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
the cup(F) of his wrath,(G)
you who have drained to its dregs(H)
the goblet that makes people stagger.(I)
18 Among all the children(J) she bore
there was none to guide her;(K)
among all the children she reared
there was none to take her by the hand.(L)
Isaiah 51:16-18
English Standard Version
Isaiah 51:16-18
English Standard Version
16 (A)And I have put my words in your mouth
(B)and covered you in the shadow of my hand,
(C)establishing[a] the heavens
and (D)laying the foundations of the earth,
and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
17 (E)Wake yourself, wake yourself,
stand up, O Jerusalem,
(F)you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
the cup of his wrath,
who have drunk to the dregs
the bowl, (G)the cup of staggering.
18 (H)There is none to guide her
among all the sons she has borne;
there is none to take her by the hand
among all the sons she has brought up.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:16 Or planting
Isaiah 51:16-18
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 51:16-18
New American Standard Bible
16 And I have (A)put My words in your mouth and have (B)covered you with the shadow of My hand, to [a](C)establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
17 (D)Pull yourself up! Pull yourself up! Arise, Jerusalem!
You who have (E)drunk from the Lord’s hand the cup of His anger;
The [b]chalice of staggering you have drunk to the dregs.
18 There is (F)no one to guide her among all the sons to whom she has given birth,
Nor is there anyone to take her by the hand among all the sons she has raised.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:16 Lit plant
- Isaiah 51:17 Lit bowl of the cup of reeling
New King James Version (NKJV) 
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.
English Standard Version (ESV) 
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
New American Standard Bible (NASB) 
New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.