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Isaiah 51:23 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 51 · verse 23
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.Isaiah 51:23 · King James Version
Isaiah 51:23 in context
21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
22Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- afflictyâgâhto grieveH3013 →
- groundʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- streetchûwtsproperly, separate by awallH2351 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- soulnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
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God, having awoke for the comfort of his people, here calls upon them to awake, as afterwards, Isa 52:1. It is a call to awake not so much out of the sleep of sin (though that also is necessary in order to their being ready for deliverance) as out of the stupor of despair.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-23