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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
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
King James Version
Isaiah 51:16-18
King James Version
16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
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