Isaiah 51:20

New International Reader's Version

Your children have fainted. They lie helpless at every street corner. They are like antelope that have been caught in a net. They have felt the full force of the Lord’s great anger. Jerusalem, your God had to warn them strongly.

Cross References

Isaiah 29:9

People of Jerusalem, be shocked and amazed. Make yourselves blind so you can’t see anything. Get drunk, but not from wine. Be unsteady on your feet, but not because of beer.

Isaiah 40:30

Even young people become worn out and get tired. Even the best of them trip and fall.

Isaiah 49:26

I will make those who treat you badly eat the flesh of others. They will drink blood and get drunk on it as if it were wine. Then everyone on earth will know that I am the one who saves you. I am the Lord. I set you free. I am the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Isaiah 5:25

So the Lord is angry with his people. He raises his hand against them and strikes them down. The mountains shake. The bodies of dead people lie in the streets like trash. Even then, the Lord is still angry. His hand is still raised against them.

Isaiah 51:17

Wake up, Jerusalem! Wake up! Get up! The Lord has handed you the cup of his great anger. And you have drunk from it. That cup makes people unsteady on their feet. And you have drunk from it to the very last drop.

Isaiah 51:21

So listen to me, you suffering people of Jerusalem. You have been made drunk, but not by drinking wine.

Isaiah 66:15

The Lord will judge them with fire. His chariots are coming like a windstorm. He will pour out his burning anger on his enemies. It will blaze out like flames of fire.

Isaiah 8:21

They will suffer and be hungry. They’ll wander through the land. When they are very hungry, they will become angry. They’ll look up toward heaven. They’ll ask for bad things to happen to their king and their God.

Jeremiah 14:16

And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem. They will die because of hunger and war. No one will bury them. No one will bury their wives and children. I will pour out trouble on them. That is exactly what they should get.

Jeremiah 14:18

Suppose I go into the country. Then I see people who have been killed by swords. Or suppose I go into the city. Then I see people who have died of hunger. Prophet and priest alike have gone to a land they hadn’t known about before.’ ”

Lamentations 1:15

“The Lord has refused to accept any of my soldiers. He has sent for an army to crush my young men. I am like grapes in the Lord’s winepress. He has stomped on me, even though I am his very own.

Lamentations 1:19

“I called out to those who were going to help me. But they turned against me. My priests and elders died in the city. They were searching for food just to stay alive.

Lamentations 2:19

Get up. Cry out as the night begins. Tell the Lord all your troubles. Lift up your hands to him. Pray that the lives of your children will be spared. At every street corner they faint because they are so hungry.

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord has become very angry. He has poured out his burning anger. He started a fire in Zion. It burned its foundations.

Lamentations 4:2

The priceless children of Zion were worth their weight in gold. But now they are thought of as clay pots made by the hands of a potter.

Lamentations 5:13

Our young men are forced to grind grain at the mill. Our boys almost fall down as they carry heavy loads of wood.

Ezekiel 12:13

I will spread out my net to catch him. He will be caught in my trap. I will bring him to Babylon. It is the land where the Chaldeans live. But he will not see it. He will die there.

Ezekiel 17:20

I will spread out my net to catch him. He will be caught in my trap. I will bring him to Babylon. I will judge him there because he was not faithful to me.

Ezekiel 39:19

So I am preparing a sacrifice for you. You will eat fat until you are completely full. You will drink blood until you are drunk.

Deuteronomy 14:5

deer, gazelles, roe deer, wild goats, ibexes, antelope and mountain sheep.

Deuteronomy 28:20

The Lord will send curses on you. You won’t know what’s going on. In everything you do, he will be angry with you. You will be destroyed suddenly and completely. This will happen because you did an evil thing when you deserted the Lord.

Revelation 14:10

They, too, will drink the wine of God’s great anger. His wine has been poured full strength into the cup of his anger. They will be burned with flaming sulfur. The holy angels and the Lamb will see it happen.