Isaiah 51:9-23

New International Version

⁹Awake, awake,^(A) arm^(B) of the Lord,
    clothe yourself with strength!^(C)
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of old.^(D)
Was it not you who cut Rahab^(E) to pieces,
    who pierced that monster^(F) through?
¹⁰Was it not you who dried up the sea,^(G)
    the waters of the great deep,^(H)
who made a road in the depths of the sea^(I)
    so that the redeemed^(J) might cross over?
¹¹Those the Lord has rescued^(K) will return.
    They will enter Zion with singing;^(L)
    everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy^(M) will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.^(N)

¹²“I, even I, am he who comforts^(O) you.
    Who are you that you fear^(P) mere mortals,^(Q)
    human beings who are but grass,^(R)
¹³that you forget^(S) the Lord your Maker,^(T)
    who stretches out the heavens^(U)
    and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror^(V) every day
    because of the wrath of the oppressor,
    who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?^(W)
¹⁴    The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;^(X)
they will not die in their dungeon,
    nor will they lack bread.^(Y)
¹⁵For I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea^(Z) so that its waves roar^(AA)—
    the Lord Almighty^(AB) is his name.
¹⁶I have put my words in your mouth^(AC)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand^(AD)—
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,^(AE)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.^(AF)’”

The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

¹⁷Awake, awake!^(AG)
    Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
    the cup^(AH) of his wrath,^(AI)
you who have drained to its dregs^(AJ)
    the goblet that makes people stagger.^(AK)
¹⁸Among all the children^(AL) she bore
    there was none to guide her;^(AM)
among all the children she reared
    there was none to take her by the hand.^(AN)
¹⁹These double calamities^(AO) have come upon you—
    who can comfort you?^(AP)—
ruin and destruction,^(AQ) famine^(AR) and sword^(AS)—
    who can^[a] console you?
²⁰Your children have fainted;
    they lie at every street corner,^(AT)
    like antelope caught in a net.^(AU)
They are filled with the wrath^(AV) of the Lord,
    with the rebuke^(AW) of your God.

²¹Therefore hear this, you afflicted^(AX) one,
    made drunk,^(AY) but not with wine.
²²This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
    your God, who defends^(AZ) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
    the cup^(BA) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
    you will never drink again.
²³I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,^(BB)
    who said to you,
    ‘Fall prostrate^(BC) that we may walk^(BD) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
    like a street to be walked on.”^(BE)