Isaiah 51:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ I stretched out^[a] the heavens
    and laid the earth's foundations;
I say to Jerusalem, ‘You are my people!
    I have given you my teaching,
    and I protect you with my hand.’”

^17 (A)Jerusalem, wake up!
    Rouse yourself and get up!
You have drunk the cup of punishment
    that the Lord in his anger gave you to drink;
    you drank it down, and it made you stagger.
¹⁸ There is no one to lead you,
    no one among your people
    to take you by the hand.