Isaiah 51:17DRA

Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 17 of 23

"Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, wrung out."
Isaiah 51:17

In context

15But I the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts his name.

16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou my people.

17Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, wrung out.

18none to guide her among all the sons she hath brought forth; neither that taketh her by the hand of all the sons she hath brought up.

19These two are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

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