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15 I will help them
    because I am your God,
the Lord All-Powerful,
    who makes the ocean roar.

16 I have told you what to say,
and I will keep you safe
    in the palm of my hand.
I spread out the heavens
and laid foundations
    for the earth.
Now I say, “Jerusalem,
    your people are mine.”

A Warning to Jerusalem

17 (A) Jerusalem, wake up! Stand up!
You've drunk too much
    from the cup filled
    with the Lord's anger.
You have swallowed every drop,
    and you can't walk straight.

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15 For I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea(A) so that its waves roar(B)
    the Lord Almighty(C) is his name.
16 I have put my words in your mouth(D)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand(E)
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,(F)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.(G)’”

The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

17 Awake, awake!(H)
    Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
    the cup(I) of his wrath,(J)
you who have drained to its dregs(K)
    the goblet that makes people stagger.(L)

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