Bible study online

Isaiah 51:17

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Isaiah 51:17

Verse 17 of 23

Scripture focus

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, [and] wrung [them] out.

Isaiah 51:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 51:17

Theological / Devotional

Awake, awake. Compare v. 9, where Israel addresses these words to the Lord. Here God speaks to a reprobate Jerusalem to arouse her from a drunken stupor induced, as it were, by the wine of God’s fury. The meting out of judgment is often likened to the pouring out of a cup of wrath (Ps. 75:8; Jer. 25:15, 16; Eze. 23:32-34; Rev. 14:10). An earnest call is extended to Jerusalem to arouse herself and come to her senses before it is forever too late.

By SdaBc