Isaiah 51:17
17. Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, &c.--(Is 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; 75:8; Jr 25:15, 16; 49:12; Zec 12:2; Re 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. Isaiah 51:22
22. pleadeth ... cause--(Psa 35:1; Jr 50:34; Mi 7:9). no more drink it--(Is 54:7-9). This cannot apply to Israel after the return from Babylon, but only to them after their final restoration. Jeremiah 13:13
13. upon David's throne--literally, who sit for David on his throne; implying the succession of the Davidic family (Jr 22:4). all--indiscriminately of every rank.
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