Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
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Interpretation
God calls upon his people to mind the things that belong to their everlasting peace. Jerusalem had provoked God, and was made to taste the bitter fruits.
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This thought runs through Isaiah 51:17-20.
Glossary
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.