Isaiah 51:20

Isaiah 51:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.
• New International Version (NIV)Your children have fainted; they lie at every street corner, like antelope caught in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the Lord, with the rebuke of your God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the rebuke of your God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your sons have fainted, They lie at the head of all the streets, Like an antelope in a net; They are full of the fury of the Lord, The rebuke of your God.

Context of Isaiah 51:20

18There is no one to guide her among all the sons she has borne, Nor is there anyone to take her by the hand among all the sons she has reared. 19These two tragedies have befallen you; Who will show sympathy for you and mourn with you? The desolation and destruction [on the land and city], famine and sword [on the inhabitants]; How shall I comfort you? Your sons have fainted; They lie helpless at the head of every street, Like an antelope in a net, Full [from drinking] of the wrath of the Lord, The rebuke of your God. 21Therefore, now hear this, you who are afflicted, Who are drunk, but not with wine [but overwhelmed by the wrath of God]. 22So says your Lord, the Lord, who is also your God Who pleads the cause of His people, “Listen carefully, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering and intoxication, The cup of My wrath; You shall never drink it again.

Isaiah 51:20 word by word

בָּנַ֜יִךְ עֻלְּפ֥וּ שָׁכְב֛וּ בְּרֹ֥אשׁ כָּל־חוּצ֖וֹת כְּת֣וֹא מִכְמָ֑ר הַֽמְלֵאִ֥ים חֲמַת־יְהוָ֖ה גַּעֲרַ֥ת אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• have faintedעָלַף‛âlaph · to enwrapH5968
• they lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• at the headרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of all the streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• as a wild bullתְּאוֹte'ô tô' · antelopeH8377
• in a netמִכְמָרmakmâr mikmôr · netH4364
• they are fullמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
• of the furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the rebukeגְּעָרָהge‛ârâh · rebukeH1606
• of thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Isaiah 51:20

• Isaiah 40:30Even youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly,
• Jeremiah 14:18If I go out into the field, Then I gaze on those slaughtered with the sword! And if I enter the city, Then I gaze on [those tormented with] the diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest [who should have guided the people] Go about [bewildered and exiled] in a land (Babylon) that they do not know or understand.’ ”
• Lamentations 1:15The Lord has rejected all the strong men In my midst; He has proclaimed an established time against me To crush my young men. The Lord has trampled down as in a wine press The Virgin Daughter of Judah.
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail because of tears [mourns Jeremiah], My spirit is deeply disturbed; My heart is poured out on the earth [in grief] Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people [Jerusalem], When little ones and infants faint In the streets of the city.
• Lamentations 4:2The [noble and] precious sons of Zion, [Once] worth their weight in fine gold, How they are regarded [merely] as earthen jars, The work of a potter’s hands!
• Lamentations 5:13Young men worked at the grinding mill, And boys fell [staggering] under loads of wood.
• Isaiah 8:21They [who consult mediums and soothsayers] will pass through the land deeply distressed and hungry, and when they are hungry, they will become enraged and will curse their king and their God as they look upward.
• Ezekiel 12:13I will also spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.
• Ezekiel 17:20I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare; and I will bring him to Babylon and will enter into judgment with him there for his treason which he has committed against Me.
• Revelation 16:9People were [severely] burned by the great heat; and they reviled the name of God who has power over these plagues, but they did not repent [of their sin] and glorify Him.
• Isaiah 51:17Wake yourself up! Wake yourself up! Stand up, O Jerusalem, You who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath, You who have drunk the cup of staggering and intoxication to the dregs [leaving only sediment].
• Isaiah 9:19By the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is burned up, And the people are like fuel for the fire; No man spares his brother.
• Psalms 88:15I was afflicted and close to death from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.
• Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drunk with wormwood (bitterness).
• Revelation 14:10he too will [have to] drink of the wine of the wrath of God, mixed undiluted into the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone (flaming sulfur) in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb (Christ).
• Isaiah 29:9Stop and take some time and wonder [at this prophecy], Blind yourselves and be blinded [at its fulfillment by your spiritual incompetence]. They are drunk, but not from wine; They stagger, but not from strong drink.

Commentaries on Isaiah 51:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20As a wild bull in a net: they are full, etc. "Like the oryx taken in the toils; drenched to the full" - "Perhaps מלאים מכמרה michmerah meleim ." Secker. The demonstrative ה he, prefixed to מלאים meleim, full, seems improper in this place.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Thy sons - Jerusalem is here represented as a mother. Her sons, that is, her inhabitants, had become weak and prostrate everywhere, and were unable to afford consolation. They lie at the head of all the streets - The head‘ of the streets is the same which in Lamentations 2:19; Lamentations 4:1, is denominated the top of the streets.‘ The head or top of the streets denotes, doubtless, the beginning of a way or street; the corner from which other streets…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-23Verses 17-23 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. Those who should have been her comforters, were their own tormentors. They have no patience by which to keep possesion of their own souls, nor any confidence in God's promise, by which to keep possession of its comfort. Thou art drunken, not as formerly, with the intoxicating cup of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20Your sons have fainted: This phrase shows how terrible Jerusalem’s destruction was. Even children became weak and collapsed from hunger and suffering. The book of Lamentations also describes this deep sorrow and pain (Lamentations 1:13, 22; 2:11–12, 19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. head of all ... streets--(La 2:19; 4:1). wild bull--rather, "oryx" [Jerome], or gazelle [Gesenius], or wild goat [Bochart]; commonly in the East taken in a net, of a wide sweep, into which the beasts were hunted together. The streets of cities in the East often have gates, which are closed at night; a person wishing to escape would be stopped by them and caught, as a wild animal in a net.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 51:20

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In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Approach
• Drink, strong
• Loose
• Plead
• Rest
• Sword
• Antelope
• Cattle

Commentaries on Isaiah 51

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings