イザヤ書 51:22-23 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:23

I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee . Babylon, the oppressor of Judah, shall in her turn be made to drink of the cup of which Judah had so long drunk, and shall suffer nearly the same woes which she had inflicted. Meanwhile, Judah should cease to drink of the cup, and have "a time of refreshing." Bow down, that we may go over ; i.e. "submit yourselves to the uttermost, that we may put upon you the most extreme indignity." The metaphor is drawn from the actual practise... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:23

Divine judgment on persecutors. "Thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over." This is a figure for the last humiliation of an Eastern conquest. Joshua called his captains, and even his soldiers, to put their feet upon the necks of the conquered kings ( Joshua 10:24 ). Matthew Arnold's note on this verse is as follows: "A trait of the humiliation of the conquered and the insolence of the conqueror in Eastern kingdoms. So it is related that when Sapor,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:22

I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling - (See the notes at Isaiah 51:17). This verse contains a promise that they would be delivered from the effect of the wrath of God, under which they had been suffering so long.Thou shalt no more drink it again - Thou shalt no more be subject to similar trials and calamities (see Isaiah 54:7-9). Probably the idea here is, not that Jerusalem would never be again destroyed, which would not be true, for it was afterward subjected to severer trials... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:23

But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee - The nations that have made war upon thee, and that have reduced thee to bondage, particularly the Babylonians. The calamities which the Jews had suffered, God would transfer to their foes.Which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over - This is a striking description of the pride of eastern conquerors. It was not uncommon for conquerors actually to put their feet on the necks of conquered kings, and tread them in the dust.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 51:21-23

Isaiah 51:21-23. Hear, thou drunken, but not with wine But with the cup of God’s fury, mentioned Isaiah 51:17. Thus saith the Lord That is, Jehovah; he that is able to help thee, and hath wherewithal to relieve thee; thy Lord That hath an incontestable right to thee, and will not alienate it; thy God In covenant with thee, and that hath undertaken to make thee happy; that pleadeth the cause of his people As their patron and protector, who, though he hath been angry with, and hath... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 51:1-23

God of the impossible (51:1-23)To the captive Jews it must have seemed almost impossible to escape from the powerful grip of the tyrant Babylon, make the long journey over harsh territory and then rebuild their ruined country. God encourages them with reminders of the apparently impossible things he has done for them in the past. The very origin of Israel was something of a miracle. God built a nation out of one couple, even though the man and his wife were past the age when they might normally... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 51:22

thy LORD the LORD = thy Adonim Jehovah. See App-4 . Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. no more drink it again. All this refers therefore to the final restoration of Israel. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 51:23

thy soul = thee. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 51:21-23

Isaiah 51:21-23. Therefore hear not, &c.— To the church, lying in the condition above described, but soon to rise, soon to emerge from her afflictions, to be avenged of her enemies, and to be clothed with honour, the consolation in these verses is addressed, which have nothing difficult in them. We may just observe, that the horrid image in this whole apostrophe is worked up with all the colourings of terror, and this allusion to the vice of drunkenness is frequent in Scripture: the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:22

22. pleadeth . . . cause— (Psalms 35:1; Jeremiah 50:34; Micah 7:9). no more drink it— (Micah 7:9- :). This cannot apply to Israel after the return from Babylon, but only to them after their final restoration. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 51:21-23

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 51:1-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 51:22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 51:23

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 51:21-23

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:22

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