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

18Among all of Jerusalem's people, there was nobody left to be your leader. There was nobody who could take care of you. 19War and famine have destroyed you. Both those terrible things have happened to you. Who feels sorry for you? Who is there to comfort you? Your children have become weak, and they lie on the ground at the side of every street. They are like deer that a trap has caught. The anger of the Lord your God has made them helpless. He has warned them loudly. 21So listen to this, you people who are in trouble. You walk like drunk people, but wine has not done that to you. 22The Lord God who is your Lord stands beside his people. He says, ‘Look! Now I have taken the cup of my punishment out of your hand. You will no longer have to drink the strong wine of my anger that makes you drunk.

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 young people become tired and weak. Even strong young men may slip and fall down.
• Jeremiah 14:18When I go out into the fields, I see the bodies of people who have died in war. When I look in the city, I see people who are dying from famine. The prophets and the priests are busy with their work. But they do not understand what is happening.” ’
• Lamentations 1:15The Lord has let the enemy beat all our strong men. He brought a big army to fight our young men, and the enemy won that fight. The Lord God has punished us, like people walk on grapes to break them. He has let the enemy destroy the people of Judah.
• Lamentations 2:11I have cried so much that my eyes are red now. Even the parts inside my body hurt, because my people are dying. I feel ill because I am so sad. The children and babies fall in the city's streets because they are so weak.
• Lamentations 4:2Jerusalem's men were valuable, like the best gold. Now they lie in the streets, because God has broken them. They are like common pots that a potter makes.
• Lamentations 5:13They took the young men to make flour for them, like slaves. Our boys have to carry heavy bags of wood.
• Isaiah 8:21Then the people will travel through the land, and they will be sad and hungry. Because of their hunger they will become angry. They will curse their king and their God, as they look up to the sky.
• Ezekiel 12:13I will throw my net over him and I will catch him in my trap. I will take him to Babylon city, in the land of the Chaldeans. But he will not see that land. He will die there.
• Ezekiel 17:20I will throw a net over him and I will catch him in my trap. I will take him to Babylon and I will judge him there. I will punish him because he was not faithful to me.
• Revelation 16:9The strong heat burned people and it hurt them very much. As a result, they said bad things against God's name, because he had the power to cause these terrible troubles. But they refused to change how they lived. They refused to agree that God is great.
• Isaiah 51:17Wake up, people in Jerusalem! Get ready! The Lord has been angry with you, and he has punished you. You had to receive all of his anger, like you were drinking strong wine from a cup. Now that you have drunk it all, you cannot stand up straight!
• Isaiah 9:19The Lord Almighty is very angry. He punishes the land of Israel, like a fire that burns everything. The people are like wood that makes the fire burn well. None of them try to help each other.
• Psalms 88:15Since I was young, I have been in pain. I have always been near to death. You have caused bad troubles to frighten me, so that I feel helpless.
• Lamentations 3:15God has caused my life to become a thing of pain. It is as if he filled a cup with a very bitter drink for me.
• Revelation 14:10God will be very angry with all those people. They will be like people who must drink God's strong wine. When they drink wine from the cup of God's anger, they will have terrible pain. Fire and sulphur will burn them. God's angels and the Lamb will watch while God punishes them.
• Isaiah 29:9You are so surprised that you do not believe what I say. You have become completely blind. You are stupid, like people who are drunk, but not from wine! You fall over, but not because you have drunk too much beer!

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

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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