Rouse yourself,הִתְעוֹרְרִיrouse yourself,הִתְעוֹרְרִיstand up,קוּמִיJerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםwhoאֲשֶׁרdrankשָׁתִיתfrom the handמִיַּדof YHWHיְהוָהthe cupאֶת כּוֹסof his fury;חֲמָתוֹthe gobletאֶת קֻבַּעַתof the cupכּוֹסof reelingהַתַּרְעֵלָהyou drank,שָׁתִיתyou drained.מָצִית
Isaiah 51:17
Study it in the app“Rouse yourself, rouse yourself, stand up, Jerusalem, who drank from the hand of YHWH the cup of his fury; the goblet of the cup of reeling you drank, you drained.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 51:17, word by word
- Rouse yourselfהִתְעוֹרְרִיhitorri
awake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “hitorri” appears- stand upקוּמִיkumi
stand firm
To hold firm, be fulfilled.
Where else “kumi” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- drankשָׁתִיתshatit
drink
Drink.
Where else “shatit” appears- from the handיַּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- the cupכּוֹסkos
cup
A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.
Where else “kos” appears- of his furyחֲמָתchamat
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamat” appears- the gobletקֻבַּעַתkubaat
goblet, bowl
A goblet, a deep cup or bowl.
Where else “kubaat” appears- of reelingתַּרְעֵלָהtarela
staggering
Staggering, reeling like a drunkard. "Wine of staggering": a drink that makes one reel.
Where else “tarela” appears- you drainedמָצִיתmatsit
drain, squeeze out
Squeeze out, wring out until all the liquid is gone; drain.
Where else “matsit” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
16And I have put my words in your mouth, and in the shadow of my hand I have covered you, to plant the heavens and to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
17 · This verse (above)
18There is no one to guide her among all the children she bore; and there is no one to take her by her hand among all the children she raised.