Verse 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 dregs were the sediments from various substances, as honey, dates, and drugs, put into the wine to increase the strength and sweetness.
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