Isaiah 51:17

51:17 Wake up! Wake up!

Get up, O Jerusalem!

You drank from the cup the Lord passed to you,

which was full of his anger! ¹ 

You drained dry

the goblet full of intoxicating wine. ² 

Isaiah 51:1

There is Hope for the Future

51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, ³ 

who seek the Lord!

Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,

at the quarry ⁴  from which you were dug! ⁵ 

[51:17]  ¹ tn Heb “[you] who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his anger.”

[51:17]  ² tn Heb “the goblet, the cup [that causes] staggering, you drank, you drained.”

[51:1]  ³ tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “justice”; NLT “hope for deliverance.”

[51:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”

[51:1]  ⁵ sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.