Focused Passage

Isaiah 51:17-23

The LORD Comforts Zion and Calls His People to Awake

From listening to covenant ancestry, to promised Eden-like comfort for Zion, to God’s righteousness and salvation for the nations, to courage against human reproach, to prayer for the LORD’s arm to awake, to divine rebuke of fear, to Jerusalem’s awakening from the cup of wrath.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

17Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.

18Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.

19These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

20Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.

21Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.

22Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.

23I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 17

Original words

Awakeהִתְעוֹרְרִ֣יH5782Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - feminine singularawakeהִֽתְעוֹרְרִ֗יH5782Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - feminine singularRise upק֚וּמִיH6965Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularO Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םH3389Noun - proper - feminine singularyou whoאֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativehave drunkשָׁתִ֛יתH8354Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singularfrom the handמִיַּ֥דH3027Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructof the LORDיְהוָ֖הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe cupכּ֣וֹסH3563Noun - feminine singular constructof His furyחֲמָת֑וֹH2534Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularאֶת־אֶת־H853Direct object markeryou who have drainedשָׁתִ֖יתH8354Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singularthe gobletקֻבַּ֜עַתH6907Noun - feminine singular constructto the dregsמָצִֽית׃H4680Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singularthe cupכּ֧וֹסH3563Noun - feminine singular constructthat makes men staggerהַתַּרְעֵלָ֛הH8653Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 18

Original words

Among allמִכָּל־H3605Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructthe sonsבָּנִ֖יםH1121Noun - masculine pluralshe boreיָלָ֑דָהH3205Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularthere is noאֵין־H369Adverbone to guideמְנַהֵ֣לH5095Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singularherלָ֔הּPreposition | third person feminine singularamong allמִכָּל־H3605Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructthe sonsבָּנִ֖יםH1121Noun - masculine pluralshe brought upגִּדֵּֽלָה׃H1431Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singularthere is noוְאֵ֤יןH369Conjunctive waw | Adverbone to takeמַחֲזִיק֙H2388Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularher handבְּיָדָ֔הּH3027Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Verse 19

Original words

Theseהֵ֙נָּה֙H2007Pronoun - third person feminine pluralpairsשְׁתַּ֤יִםH8147Number - fdhave befallenקֹֽרְאֹתַ֔יִךְH7122Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singularyouלָ֑ךְPreposition | second person feminine singulardevastationהַשֹּׁ֧דH7701Article | Noun - masculine singularand destructionוְהַשֶּׁ֛בֶרH7667Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singularfamineוְהָרָעָ֥בH7458Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singularand swordוְהַחֶ֖רֶבH2719Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singularWhoמִ֖יH4310Interrogativewill grieve for youיָנ֣וּדH5110Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularWhoמִ֥יH4310Interrogativecan comfort youאֲנַחֲמֵֽךְ׃H5162Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular

BSB notes

  • DSS, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; MT How can I comfort you?
Verse 20

Original words

Your sonsבָּנַ֜יִךְH1121Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singularhave faintedעֻלְּפ֥וּH5968Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common pluralthey lieשָׁכְב֛וּH7901Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralat the headבְּרֹ֥אשׁH7218Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof everyכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructstreetחוּצ֖וֹתH2351Noun - masculine plurallike an antelopeכְּת֣וֹאH8377Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular constructin a netמִכְמָ֑רH4364Noun - masculine singularThey are fullהַֽמְלֵאִ֥יםH4392Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralof the wrathחֲמַת־H2534Noun - feminine singular constructof the LORDיְהוָ֖הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularthe rebukeגַּעֲרַ֥תH1606Noun - feminine singular constructof your Godאֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃H430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Verse 21

Original words

Thereforeלָכֵ֛ןH3651Adverbnowנָ֥אH4994Interjectionhearשִׁמְעִי־H8085Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularthisזֹ֖אתH2063Pronoun - feminine singularyou afflicted oneעֲנִיָּ֑הH6041Adjective - feminine singulardrunkenוּשְׁכֻרַ֖תH7937Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular constructbut notוְלֹ֥אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlewith wineמִיָּֽיִן׃סH3196Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 22

Original words

Thusכֹּֽה־H3541Adverbsaysאָמַ֞רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularyour Lordאֲדֹנַ֣יִךְH113Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singularthe LORDיְהוָ֗הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singulareven your Godוֵאלֹהַ֙יִךְ֙H430Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singularwho defendsיָרִ֣יבH7378Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularHis peopleעַמּ֔וֹH5971Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularSeeהִנֵּ֥הH2009InterjectionI have removedלָקַ֛חְתִּיH3947Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularfrom your handמִיָּדֵ֖ךְH3027Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe cupכּ֣וֹסH3563Noun - feminine singular constructof staggeringהַתַּרְעֵלָ֑הH8653Article | Noun - feminine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerFrom that gobletקֻבַּ֙עַת֙H6907Noun - feminine singular constructthe cupכּ֣וֹסH3563Noun - feminine singular constructof My furyחֲמָתִ֔יH2534Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularyou will neverלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particledrinkלִשְׁתּוֹתָ֖הּH8354Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singularagainתוֹסִ֥יפִיH3254Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person feminine singular. . .עֽוֹד׃H5750Adverb
Verse 23

Original words

I will place itוְשַׂמְתִּ֙יהָ֙H7760Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singularin the handsבְּיַד־H3027Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructof your tormentorsמוֹגַ֔יִךְH3013Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singularwhoאֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativetoldאָמְר֥וּH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralyouלְנַפְשֵׁ֖ךְH5315Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singularLie downשְׁחִ֣יH7812Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularso we can walk over youוְנַעֲבֹ֑רָהH5674Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common pluralso that you madeוַתָּשִׂ֤ימִיH7760Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singularyour backגֵּוֵ֔ךְH1460Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singularlike the groundכָאָ֙רֶץ֙H776Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singularlike a streetוְכַח֖וּץH2351Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularto be traversedלַעֹבְרִֽים׃סH5674Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural

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