Isaiah 51:21

Isaiah 51:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, made drunk, but not with wine.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore hear this, you who are afflicted, who are drunk, but not with wine:
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore please hear this, you afflicted, And drunk but not with wine.

Context of Isaiah 51:21

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? 20Your 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. So 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. 23Instead, I will give it to your cruel enemies to punish them. They said to you, “Lie down on the ground, so that we can walk over you.” You made your backs become like the ground. You became like a street for your enemies to walk on.’

Isaiah 51:21 word by word

לָכֵ֛ן שִׁמְעִי־נָ֥א זֹ֖את עֲנִיָּ֑ה וּשְׁכֻרַ֖ת וְלֹ֥א מִיָּֽיִן׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• now this, thou afflictedעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• and drunkenשָׁכַרshâkar · be drunkH7937
• but not with wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196

Commentaries on Isaiah 51:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Drunken, but not with wine - Aeschylus has the same expression: - · Eumen. 863. Intoxicated with passion, not with wine. Schultens thinks that this circumlocution, as he calls it, gradum adfert incomparabiliter majorem; and that it means, not simply without wine, but much more than with wine. Gram. Hebrews p. 182. See his note on Job 30:38. The bold image of the cup of God's wrath, often employed by the sacred writers, (see note on Isaiah 1:22;), is…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21And drunken, but not with wine - Overcome and prostrate, but not under the influence of intoxicating drink. They were prostrate by the wrath of God.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. 17-23The prophet called the people of Israel to be done with their past and to anticipate God’s future for them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. drunken ... not with wine--(Is 29:9; compare Is 51:17, 20, here; La 3:15).Read the comment

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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