Be surprised and amazed!\par You will become drunk—\par but not from wine.\par Look and be amazed!\par You will stumble and fall—\par but not from beer.\par
Isaiah 51:21 - Easy To Read Version Listen to me, poor Jerusalem. You are \{weak like\} a drunk person, but you are not drunk from wine. \{You are weak from that “cup of poison.”\} Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore, now hear this, you who are afflicted, and [who are] drunk, but not with wine [but thrown down by the wrath of God]. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: Common English Bible Therefore, hear this, suffering one, who is drunk, but not from wine. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, listen to this, O poor little ones, and you who have been inebriated, but not by wine. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore hear this, thou poor little one, and thou that art drunk but not with wine. |
Be surprised and amazed!\par You will become drunk—\par but not from wine.\par Look and be amazed!\par You will stumble and fall—\par but not from beer.\par
Wake up! Wake up!\par Jerusalem, get up!\par The Lord was very angry at you.\par So you were punished.\par \{This punishment was like\} a cup of poison you had to drink.\par And you drank it.\par
“You poor city!\par Enemies came against you like storms.\par And no one comforted you.\par But I will build you again.\par I will use a beautiful mortar\par to lay the stones of your walls.\par I will use sapphire stones\par when I lay the foundation.\par
While I was angry, I walked on people.\par I punished them while I was mad.\par I poured their blood {\cf2\super [461]} on the ground.”\par
The Lord gave me this poison (punishment)\par to drink.\par He filled me with this bitter drink.\par