16 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)Rouse yourself! Rouse yourself! Arise, O Jerusalem,
You who have (E)drunk from the Lord’s hand the cup of His anger;
The [b]chalice of reeling you have [c]drained to the dregs.
18 There is (F)none to guide her among all the sons she has borne,
Nor is there one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has reared.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:16 Lit plant
  2. Isaiah 51:17 Lit bowl of the cup of reeling
  3. Isaiah 51:17 Lit drunk

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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