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Isaiah 51:16-18
Easy-to-Read Version
Isaiah 51:16-18
Easy-to-Read Version
16 “My servant, I gave you the words I want you to say, and I covered you with my hands to protect you. I did this to make a new heaven and earth and so that you would say to Israel, ‘You are my people.’”
God Punished Israel
17 Wake up! Wake up!
Jerusalem, get up!
The Lord was very angry with you.
So you were punished.
It was like a cup of poison you had to drink,
and you drank it all.
18 Jerusalem had many people, but none of them became leaders for her. None of the children she raised became guides to lead her.
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Isaiah 51:16-18
New International Version
Isaiah 51:16-18
New International Version
16 I have put my words in your mouth(A)
and covered you with the shadow of my hand(B)—
I who set the heavens in place,
who laid the foundations of the earth,(C)
and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.(D)’”
The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath
17 Awake, awake!(E)
Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
the cup(F) of his wrath,(G)
you who have drained to its dregs(H)
the goblet that makes people stagger.(I)
18 Among all the children(J) she bore
there was none to guide her;(K)
among all the children she reared
there was none to take her by the hand.(L)
Isaiah 51:16-18
New King James Version
Isaiah 51:16-18
New King James Version
16 And (A)I have put My words in your mouth;
(B)I have covered you with the shadow of My hand,
(C)That I may [a]plant the heavens,
Lay the foundations of the earth,
And say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ”
God’s Fury Removed
17 (D)Awake, awake!
Stand up, O Jerusalem,
You who (E)have 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.
18 There 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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:16 establish
Isaiah 51:16-18
English Standard Version
Isaiah 51:16-18
English Standard Version
16 (A)And I have put my words in your mouth
(B)and covered you in the shadow of my hand,
(C)establishing[a] the heavens
and (D)laying the foundations of the earth,
and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
17 (E)Wake yourself, wake yourself,
stand up, O Jerusalem,
(F)you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
the cup of his wrath,
who have drunk to the dregs
the bowl, (G)the cup of staggering.
18 (H)There is none to guide her
among all the sons she has borne;
there is none to take her by the hand
among all the sons she has brought up.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:16 Or planting
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