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Isaiah 51:21

Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

KJV

Idcirco audi hoc, paupercula, et ebria non a vino.

Vulgate

διὰ τοῦτο ἄκουε, τεταπεινωμένη καὶ μεθύουσα οὐκ ἀπὸ οἴνου.

LXX

Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

ASV

לָ/כֵ֛ן שִׁמְעִי נָ֥א זֹ֖את עֲנִיָּ֑ה וּ/שְׁכֻרַ֖ת וְ/לֹ֥א מִ/יָּֽיִן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יָ֑יִן
yyn
noun · 139×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ן
n
verb · 19×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
עָנִ֣י
'ny
adjective · 77×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hab 2:16 — Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
  • Isa 29:9 — Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
  • Isa 51:20 — Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
  • Isa 54:11 — O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
  • Jer 23:9 — Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holine
  • Jer 25:27 — Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
  • Rev 14:10 — The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy