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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 51:21

Drunken, but not with wine - Aeschylus has the same expression: - Αοινοις εμμανεις θυμωμασι· Eumen. 863. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:17

Awake, awake (comp. Isaiah 51:9 and Isaiah 52:1 ). Isaiah marks the breaks in his prophecy, sometimes by a repetition of terminal clauses, which have the effect of a refrain ( Isaiah 5:25 ; Isaiah 9:12 , Isaiah 9:17 , Isaiah 9:21 ; Isaiah 10:4 ; and Isaiah 48:22 ; Isaiah 57:21 ); sometimes by a repetition of initial clauses of a striking character ( Isaiah 5:8 , Isaiah 5:11 , Isaiah 5:20 ; Isaiah 13:1 ; Isaiah 15:1 ; Isaiah 17:1 ; Isaiah 19:1 ; Isaiah 21:1 ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:17-23

AN ADDRESS OF THE PROPHET TO JERUSALEM . The comfort afforded to Israel generally is now concentrated on Jerusalem. Her condition during the long period of the Captivity is deplored, and her want of a champion to assert her cause and raise her out of the dust is lamented ( Isaiah 51:17-20 ). After this, an assurance is given her that the miseries which she has suffered shall pass from her to her great enemy, by whom the dregs of the "cup of trembling" shall be drained, and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:17-23

Encouragement for Jerusalem. The prophet, or chorus of prophets, is supposed to salute the holy city with a cheering cry. I. PICTURES OF DISTRESS . The draught from the cup of Divine wrath. "The cup of his fury"—"the goblet-cup of reeling." These are figures for the horror and bewilder-meat caused by a (great catastrophe. It is "to drink the wine of astonishment" ( Psalms 60:3 ; Ezekiel 23:2 ). Then there is utter helplessness. No guide for Jerusalem to be found in all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:17-23

Spiritual stupefaction. The passage presents one of the most pitiable of all possible spectacles—a nation reduced to utter helplessness and prostration, lying like one that is brought down by intoxication to a motionless stupidity. We learn from this picture, and from the opening summons and concluding promise— I. THAT THE HUMAN SPIRIT AS WELL AS THE HUMAN BODY IS SUBJECT TO STUPEFACTION . It is a striking and suggestive fact that the very thing which at first... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:18

None to guide her. From the time that Johanan, the son of Kareah, and the other "captains of the forces," quitted Judaea and fled into Egypt, taking with them Jeremiah and Baruch ( Jeremiah 43:5-7 ), there was no one left in the country with any authority or any ability to direct affairs. The city, no doubt, suffered by this state of things, becoming more ruined and more desolate than it would have been otherwise. Had Johanan and the Jews under him remained in the land, God had promised to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:19

These two things. What are the "two things," it is asked, since four are mentioned— desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword? The right answer seems to be that of Aben Ezra and Kimchi, that the two things are "desolation,'' or rather "wasting" within, produced by "famine;" and "destruction" without, produced by "the sword." Who shall be sorry for thee? rather, who will mourn with thee? Jerusalem is without friends; no man condoles with her over her misfortunes. God... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:20

Thy sons have fainted, they lie ; rather, thy sons fainted; they lay. The prophet describes the siege and capture of Jerusalem as past, because his standpoint is the time of the Captivity. He depicts tile inhabitants of Jerusalem as "faint" through famine, and so weak that they lie prostrate about the streets. As a wild bull in a net ; rather, like a gazelle in a net —panting, exhausted, incapable of the hast resistance. They are full of the fury of the Lord; i.e. the fury of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:21

Drunken, but not with wine (comp. Isaiah 29:9 ; and see above, Isaiah 29:17 , which shows that the appearance of drunkenness had been produced by Jerusalem drinking the cup of God's wrath). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:22

The Lord … that pleadeth the cause of his people (comp. Jeremiah 50:34 , which contains an allusion to this passage). As his people have a relentless adversary, who accuses them continually, and pleads against them ( Revelation 12:10 ), so it is needful that they should have an untiring advocate. God himself is this Advocate. The dregs of the cup (see the comment on Isaiah 51:17 , ad fin. ) . read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 51:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:17-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:17-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:17-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:22

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