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 none to guide her among all the sons she has borne, nor is there one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has raised. 19These two things have befallen you —who will mourn for you?— devastation and destruction, famine and the sword. How will I comfort you? Your sons have fainted. They lie at every street corner, like an antelope in a net. They are full of Adonai’s fury, the rebuke of your God. 21Therefore hear this, you who are afflicted, who are drunk, but not with wine. 22Thus says your Lord, Adonai your God who defends His people: “Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of reeling, the bowl of My wrath. You will 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 tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall,
• Jeremiah 14:18If I go out into the field, see, those slain by the sword! And if I enter into the city, see, the sick with famine! For both prophet and kohen will travel to a land they do not know.
• Lamentations 1:15The Lord has rejected all the mighty ones in my midst. He has summoned an assembly against me to crush my young men. In a winepress the Lord has trampled the virgin daughter of Judah.
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes are filled with tears. My stomach is in torment. My heart is poured out on the ground over the destruction of the daughter of my people— as young children and infants languish in the city squares.
• Lamentations 4:2The precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in gold— alas! now they are treated like clay jars, the work of a potter’s hands!
• Lamentations 5:13Young men toil at the millstone. Boys stagger under loads of wood.
• Isaiah 8:21They will pass this way that are hard-pressed and hungry, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will become enraged and curse their king and their God. Whether they turn their faces upward
• Ezekiel 12:13I will spread out My net upon him, so he will be caught in My net. I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans. 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. Then I will bring him to Babylon, and judge him there for his treachery that he committed against Me.
• Revelation 16:9People were scorched with fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God—the One who has power over these plagues. But they did not repent, to give Him glory.
• Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem! From Adonai’s hand you have drunk the cup of His fury, the chalice of reeling that you have drained to the dregs.
• Isaiah 9:19One grabs with the right hand but is hungry, and eats with the left hand but is not satisfied. Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm—
• Psalms 88:15Adonai, why do You spurn me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
• Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness and made me drink wormwood.
• Revelation 14:10he shall also drink the wine of God’s fury, poured full strength into the cup of His wrath. And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone before the holy angels and before the Lamb.
• Isaiah 29:9Wait, and be astounded! Blind yourselves, and be blind! Drunk, but not with wine, Stagger, but not with 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

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• Antelope
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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