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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 51:17 - 51:17
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Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, etc. - (Isa 52:1).
drunk - Jehovah’s wrath is compared to an intoxicating draught because it confounds the sufferer under it, and makes him fall (Job 21:20; Psa 60:3; Psa 75:8; Jer 25:15, Jer 25:16; Jer 49:12; Zec 12:2; Rev 14:10); (“poured out without mixture”; rather, “the pure wine juice mixed with intoxicating drugs”).
of trembling - which produced trembling or intoxication.
wrung ... out - drained the last drop out; the dregs were the sediments from various substances, as honey, dates, and drugs, put into the wine to increase the strength and sweetness.