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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.

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  1. Isaiah 51:16 Or planting

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)

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