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16 I have put My words in your mouth and have covered you with the shadow of My hand, to [a]establish the [renewed] heavens and lay the foundations of the [renewed] earth, and to say to Zion (Jerusalem), ‘You are My people.’”(A)

17 
Wake yourself up! Wake yourself up! Stand up, O Jerusalem,
You who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath,
You who have drunk the cup of staggering and intoxication to the dregs [leaving only sediment].
18 
There is no one to guide her among all the sons she has borne,
Nor is there anyone to take her by the hand among all the sons she has reared.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:16 Lit plant.

16 I have put my words in your mouth(A)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand(B)
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,(C)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.(D)’”

The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

17 Awake, awake!(E)
    Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
    the cup(F) of his wrath,(G)
you who have drained to its dregs(H)
    the goblet that makes people stagger.(I)
18 Among all the children(J) she bore
    there was none to guide her;(K)
among all the children she reared
    there was none to take her by the hand.(L)

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