Verse 23

Isaiah 51:23

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23 Instead I will give that cup to the people who tormented you, to those who said to you, “Lie facedown so we can walk all over you.” You had to make your backs like the ground, like a street to be walked on.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֨י/הָ֙ בְּ/יַד מוֹגַ֔יִ/ךְ אֲשֶׁר אָמְר֥וּ לְ/נַפְשֵׁ֖/ךְ שְׁחִ֣י וְ/נַעֲבֹ֑רָה וַ/תָּשִׂ֤ימִי כָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ גֵּוֵ֔/ךְ וְ/כַ/ח֖וּץ לַ/עֹבְרִֽים

English Translation

And I will put it in your hands, which they said to your soul, "Kill and let us pass," and you have made your body like the land and like outside to those passing by.

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Chapter 51 Context

1 Listen to me, those of you who follow what is right, and who worship the Lord. Think about the rock... Focus ↗

2 Look back at Abraham your father, and Sarah who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was only on... Focus ↗

3 The Lord will care for Zion and feel sorry about all her ruined places. He will make her wilderness... Focus ↗

4 Pay attention to me, my people; listen to me, my nation: I will send out my law, and my justice will... Focus ↗

5 My rule of right will arrive soon. My salvation is coming. My power will bring judgment to the natio... Focus ↗

6 Look up at the heavens, and look down at the earth beneath. The heavens will disappear like smoke, t... Focus ↗

7 Listen to me, you who know what's right, and who have really accepted my teachings. Don't be afraid... Focus ↗

8 Moths will eat them up like clothing; bugs will chew through them like wool. But my goodness will la... Focus ↗

9 Please wake up, wake up! Use your strength, powerful Lord! Act as you used to in olden days, in form... Focus ↗

10 Weren't you the one who dried up the sea, making a way through the deep waters for the redeemed to c... Focus ↗

11 Those the Lord has set free will return, singing as they enter Jerusalem, wearing crowns of everlast... Focus ↗

12 It's me, yes, I am the one who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortals who die just like g... Focus ↗

13 You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and who laid the foundations... Focus ↗

14 The prisoners that are bowed down will soon be set free. They're not going to die; they won't go on... Focus ↗

15 For I am the Lord your God (Elohim) who whips up the sea so its waves roar. The Lord Almighty is his... Focus ↗

16 I have told you what to say, and I have protected you with my hand. I created the heavens and founde... Focus ↗

17 Wake up, wake up! Get up, Jerusalem! You have drunk from the cup of the Lord's anger he handed to yo... Focus ↗

18 Of all your children you had, there's not one left to guide you. Of all the children you raised, the... Focus ↗

19 Two tragedies have struck you: devastation caused by famine, and destruction caused by war. Who is g... Focus ↗

20 Your children have collapsed, lying in every street like antelopes caught in a trap. They experience... Focus ↗

21 So please listen to this, you poor people, sitting there in a drunken state, but not from drinking w... Focus ↗

22 This is what your Lord God (Elohim) says, your God (Elohim), who defends his people's cause: Look! I... Focus ↗

23 Instead I will give that cup to the people who tormented you, to those who said to you, “Lie facedow...

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Book: Isaiah
Chapter: Chapter 51 (23 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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