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 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