Isaiah 51:17–23

The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

¹⁷Awake, awake!^t

Rise up, Jerusalem,

you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord

the cup^u of his wrath,^v

you who have drained to its dregs^w

the goblet that makes people stagger.^x

¹⁸Among all the children^y she bore

there was none to guide her;^z

among all the children she reared

there was none to take her by the hand.^a

¹⁹These double calamities^b have come upon you—

who can comfort you?^c—

ruin and destruction,^d famine^e and sword^f—

who can^a console you?

²⁰Your children have fainted;

they lie at every street corner,^g

like antelope caught in a net.^h

They are filled with the wrathⁱ of the Lord,

with the rebuke^j of your God.

²¹Therefore hear this, you afflicted^k one,

made drunk,^l but not with wine.

²²This is what your Sovereign Lord says,

your God, who defends^m his people:

“See, I have taken out of your hand

the cupⁿ that made you stagger;

from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,

you will never drink again.

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

who said to you,

‘Fall prostrate^p that we may walk^q on you.’

And you made your back like the ground,

like a street to be walked on.”^r