17 (A)Pull yourself up! Pull yourself up! Arise, Jerusalem!
You who have (B)drunk from the Lords hand the cup of His anger;
The [a]chalice of staggering you have drunk to the dregs.
18 There is (C)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.
19 These two things have happened to you;
Who will mourn for you?
The (D)devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
How shall I comfort you?
20 Your sons have fainted,
They (E)lie helpless at the head of every street,
Like an (F)antelope in a net,
Full of the wrath of the Lord,
The (G)rebuke of your God.

21 Therefore, listen to this, you (H)afflicted,
Who are (I)drunk, but not with wine:
22 This is what your Lord, the Lord, your God
Who (J)contends for His people says:
“Behold, I have taken from your hand the (K)cup of staggering,
The [b]chalice of My anger;
You will never drink it again.
23 I will (L)put it into the hand of your tormentors,
Who have said to [c]you, ‘(M)Lie down so that we may walk over you.’
You have also made your back like the ground,
And like the street for those who walk over it.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Isaiah 51:17 Lit bowl of the cup of reeling
  2. Isaiah 51:22 Lit bowl of the cup of
  3. Isaiah 51:23 Lit your soul

17 Wake up, wake up, O Jerusalem!
    You have drunk the cup of the Lord’s fury.
You have drunk the cup of terror,
    tipping out its last drops.
18 Not one of your children is left alive
    to take your hand and guide you.
19 These two calamities have fallen on you:
    desolation and destruction, famine and war.
And who is left to sympathize with you?
    Who is left to comfort you?[a]
20 For your children have fainted and lie in the streets,
    helpless as antelopes caught in a net.
The Lord has poured out his fury;
    God has rebuked them.

21 But now listen to this, you afflicted ones
    who sit in a drunken stupor,
    though not from drinking wine.
22 This is what the Sovereign Lord,
    your God and Defender, says:
“See, I have taken the terrible cup from your hands.
    You will drink no more of my fury.
23 Instead, I will hand that cup to your tormentors,
    those who said, ‘We will trample you into the dust
    and walk on your backs.’”

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Notas al pie

  1. 51:19 As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek, Latin, and Syriac versions; Masoretic Text reads How can I comfort you?