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Isaiah 51:22 Explained in Context
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Verse 22. 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:
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Role in This Section
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah introduces or commands “Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I…” at Isaiah 51:22 as “Jerusalem Awakens after Drinking the Cup” develops.
Read It With
- Isaiah 51:17–23
Read Isaiah 51:22 with 51:17–23. By itself, “Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Zion's incomparable devastation and absent guides are acknowledged before the cup of staggering is removed and transferred to tormentors.
Continue in Context
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Read Isaiah 51:17–23 — Jerusalem Awakens after Drinking the CupSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 51:17–23, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 51:17–23 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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