Isaiah 51:17 meaning and explanation
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs— the cup that makes men stagger.
Isaiah 51:17, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Isaiah has just promised comfort to Zion, and now he turns to Jerusalem itself, personified as a woman collapsed under judgment. The cup of the LORD's fury is a prophetic image for the suffering God allowed his people to endure through exile.
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