Isaiah 51:19 meaning and explanation

These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

Isaiah 51:19, Berean Standard Bible

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God speaks here through Isaiah to Jerusalem, personified as a mother who has drunk the cup of His fury. The "pairs" are two sets of matched calamities: devastation with destruction, famine with sword.

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