Isaiah 51:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִתְעוֹרְרִ֣י הִֽתְעוֹרְרִ֗י ק֚וּמִי יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁתִ֛ית מִיַּ֥ד יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־כּ֣וֹס חֲמָת֑וֹ אֶת־קֻבַּ֜עַת כּ֧וֹס הַתַּרְעֵלָ֛ה שָׁתִ֖ית מָצִֽית

Transliteration

hit'ôrərî hit'ôrərî qûmî yərûšālaim 'ăšer šātît miyyad YHWH 'et-kôs ḥămātô 'et-qubba'at kôs hattarə'ēlâ šātît māṣît

Grammar Details

*hit'ôrərî*: Hithpael imperative, feminine singular - rouse yourself
*qûmî*: Qal imperative, feminine singular - arise
*yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*'ăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which
*šātît*: Qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you drank
*miyyad*: preposition + common noun, feminine singular construct - from hand of
YHWH: proper noun - divine name
*'et*: direct object marker
*kôs*: common noun, masculine singular construct - cup of
*ḥămātô*: common noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his wrath
*qubba'at*: common noun, feminine singular construct - goblet of
*hattarə'ēlâ*: definite article + common noun, feminine singular - the reeling/staggering
*māṣît*: Qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you drained

Word Meanings

*hit'ôrərî*: rouse yourself/wake yourself/stir yourself
*kôs*: cup/goblet
*ḥămātô*: his wrath/his fury/his anger
*qubba'at*: goblet/bowl/deep cup
*tarə'ēlâ*: reeling/staggering/intoxication
*māṣît*: drained/emptied/sucked dry

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 21:20 : 20 Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Ps 60:3 : 3 Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.
Rev 14:10 : 10 {G2532} he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster?
Rev 18:6 : 6 Render unto her even as she rendered, {G5213} and double [unto her] the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.
Zech 12:2 : 2 behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.
1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak [this] to move you to shame.
Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Deut 28:28 : 28 Jehovah will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;
Deut 28:34 : 34 so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Judg 5:12 : 12 Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song: Arise, Barak, and lead away thy captives, thou son of Abinoam.
Isa 60:1-2 : 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
Jer 25:15-17 : 15 For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then took I the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:
Jer 25:27 : 27 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
Ezek 23:31-34 : 31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thy hand. 32 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup, which is deep and large; thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much. 33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. 34 Thou shalt even drink it and drain it out, and thou shalt gnaw the sherds thereof, and shalt tear thy breasts; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
Ps 75:8 : 8 For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
Ps 75:10 : 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Rev 16:19 : 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

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Isa 51:20-22
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20Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.
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17Then took I the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:
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