Isaiah 51:16-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁶ I have put my words in your mouth.
    I have kept you safe in the palm of my hand.
I set the heavens in place.
    I laid the foundations of the earth.
    I say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’ ”

¹⁷ Wake up, Jerusalem!
    Wake up! Get up!
The Lord has handed you the cup of his great anger.
    And you have drunk from it.
That cup makes people unsteady on their feet.
    And you have drunk from it to the very last drop.
¹⁸ Among all the children who were born to you
    there was none to guide you.
Among all the children you brought up
    there was none to lead you by the hand.