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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 51:17

Awake = Rouse thee. Not the same form as in Isaiah 51:9 with Isaiah 52:1 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 51:17

"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. There is none to guide her among all the sons who she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand among all the sons that she hath brought forth. These two things are befallen thee: who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee? Thy sons have... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 51:17

Isaiah 51:17.— From hence to the 61st chapter, follows the third and most extensive discourse, in which the state of the church, from the times of the Maccabees, but particularly of Jesus Christ and his kingdom, is foretold, to the end of the world; yet so, that in describing the corrupt times of the church, (which is done in Isaiah 56-58) the depraved state of the church, which preceded the times of the Maccabees, is alluded to, and the phrases frequently taken from thence. The whole discourse... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 51:17-20

Isaiah 51:17-20. Awake, &c.— Rouse, rouse,—cup of reeling, and drained them out: Isaiah 51:18. There is none to lead her along among all the sons, &c.: Isaiah 51:19. Those two things are come unto thee, (who can sufficiently lament thee?) desolation and destruction; even famine and sword: How shall I comfort thee! Isaiah 51:20. Thy sons have fainted away: they lie, &c. as a stag in a net. Vitringa supposes that the ancient church, delivered from the persecution of Antiochus... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:17

17. Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, c.— (Isaiah 52:1). drunk—Jehovah's wrath is compared to an intoxicating draught because it confounds the sufferer under it, and makes him fall (Job 21:20 Psalms 60:3; Psalms 75:8; Jeremiah 25:15; Jeremiah 25:16; Jeremiah 49:12; Zechariah 12:2; Revelation 14:10); ("poured out without mixture"; rather, "the pure wine juice mixed with intoxicating drugs"). of trembling—which produced trembling or intoxication. wrung . . . out—drained the last drop out; the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 51:17

Jerusalem had drunk a powerful liquid at the hand of her God. He had given her punishment to drink for her sins (cf. Mark 10:38). Drinking a cup of wine is a figure of judgment (cf. Isaiah 29:9; Isaiah 63:6; Psalms 75:8; Jeremiah 25:15-16; Revelation 14:10). Jerusalem now lay in a state of stupor but needed to arise because the Lord had a future for her. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 51:17-23

Drunken Jerusalem 51:17-23God now turned the tables on His people and called on them to awake (cf. Isaiah 51:1). They needed to wake up to the fact that He would comfort them and punish their oppressors (cf. Isaiah 40:2; Lamentations 1-2). The fact that the Babylonian Captivity continues to lie unmentioned specifically in the text, strengthens the impression that God had more than that historic deliverance in view in what He promised. A greater future redemption is also in view, namely, the one... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 51:1-23

1, 2. In the past God made Israel a great nation from a single ancestor, and that wonderful growth should be an encouragement to the righteous remnant now to believe in their restoration. 2. Alone] RV ’when he was but one,’ i.e. childless.4. A law, etc.] through Israel, Jehovah purposes to reveal Himself to the nations (Isaiah 42:1). 4, 5. The people] RV ’peoples.’6. The v. contrasts the certainty of God’s purposes for His people with, the transitory character of the visible world. 8. My... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 51:17

(17) Awake . . .—The words present a strange parallelism to Isaiah 51:9. There they were addressed to the arm of Jehovah, and were the prelude of a glorious promise. Here they are spoken to Jerusalem as a drunken and desperate castaway, and introduce a painfully vivid picture of her desolation. They seem, indeed, prefixed to that picture to make it bearable. They are a call to Zion to wake out of that drunken sleep, and therefore show that her ruin is not irretrievable.The dregs of the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 51:1-23

The Pentateuch Genesis Isaiah 51:1-2 Today we begin to examine the early books of the Old Testament. The first five books stand together by themselves. Sometimes they are called the Pentateuch, which means only 'the book of five volumes '. First we must attend to the place which these five books hold in the history of the Jews. Speaking roughly, we may say that they tell us the beginning of the Jewish people. The early steps and stages by which they become a people. I. We see at the beginning... read more

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