Jerusalem · Jerusalem’s destiny

Isaiah 51:17-23

Isaiah · ~700 BC · Status: Future · Confidence: 60%
“Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.”
King James Version · the opening — all 7 verses are below
More of Isaiah 51 on this siteIsaiah 51:1-16

Israel crying for God's arm (Messiah) to act as in the Exodus, pointing to the new and greater exodus through Christ.

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51:17Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

51:18There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

51:19These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

51:20Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

51:21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

51:22Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

51:23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

Fulfillment References

Luke 1:51 John 12:38 Romans 10:16

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