Isaiah 51:17–23

God’s Fury Removed

^17mAwake, awake!

Stand up, O Jerusalem,

You who ⁿhave drunk at the hand of the Lord

The cup of His fury;

You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling,

And drained it out.

¹⁸There is no one to guide her

Among all the sons she has brought forth;

Nor is there any who takes her by the hand

Among all the sons she has brought up.

^19oThese two things have come to you;

Who will be sorry for you?—

Desolation and destruction, famine and sword—

^pBy whom will I comfort you?

^20qYour sons have fainted,

They lie at the head of all the streets,

Like an antelope in a net;

They are full of the fury of the Lord,

The rebuke of your God.

²¹Therefore please hear this, you afflicted,

And drunk ^rbut not with wine.

²²Thus says your Lord,

The Lord and your God,

Who ^spleads the cause of His people:

“See, I have taken out of your hand

The cup of trembling,

The dregs of the cup of My fury;

You shall no longer drink it.

^23tBut I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,

Who have said to ⁴you,

‘Lie down, that we may walk over you.’

And you have laid your body like the ground,

And as the street, for those who walk over.”