Isaiah 51:17–23

¹⁷Wake yourself, wake yourself up!

Stand up, Jerusalem,

you who have drunk the cup of his fury^h

from the Lord’s hand;

you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs—

the cup that causes people to stagger.

¹⁸There is no one to guide her

among all the children she has raised;

there is no one to take hold of her hand

among all the offspring she has brought up.

¹⁹These two things have happened to you:ⁱ

devastation and destruction,

famine and sword.

Who will grieve for you?

How can I^C comfort you?

²⁰Your children have fainted;

they lie at the head of every street

like an antelope in a net.

They are full of the Lord’s fury,

the rebuke of your God.

²¹So listen to this, suffering

and drunken one—but not with wine.^j

²²This is what your Lord says—

the Lord, even your God,

who defends his people^k—

“Look, I have removed from your hand

the cup that causes staggering;

that goblet, the cup of my fury.

You will never drink it again.

²³I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,

who said to you,^l

‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’

You made your back like the ground,

and like a street for those who walk on it.