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16 I put my words in your mouth
    and sheltered you in the palm of my hand.
    I stretched out the heavens,
    laid the foundations of the earth,
        and said to Zion, “You are my people.”

Wake Up, Jerusalem

17 Wake up! Wake up!
    Stand up, Jerusalem!
    You drank from the cup in Yahweh’s hand.
        That cup was filled with his anger.
    You drank from the bowl, the cup that makes people stagger,
        and you drained it!
18 From all the children she gave birth to,
    there was no one to guide her.
    From all the children she raised,
    there was no one to take her by the hand.

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