19 (A)These two things have happened to you—
    who will console you?—
devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
    who will comfort you?[a]
20 (B)Your sons have fainted;
    they lie at the head of every street
    like an (C)antelope (D)in a net;
they are full of the wrath of the Lord,
    the rebuke of your God.

21 (E)Therefore hear this, you who are afflicted,
    who are drunk, but not with wine:

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:19 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Masoretic Text how shall I comfort you

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