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and you have made your back like the ground and like the street for them to pass over.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/51.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/51.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/51.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, Who have said to you, ‘Lie down, that we may walk over you.’ And you have laid your body like the ground, And as the street, for those who walk over.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, Who have said to you, ‘Lie down so that we may walk over <i>you.</i>’ You have also made your back like the ground, And like the street for those who walk over <i>it.</i>”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/51.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, Who have said to you, &#8216Lie down that we may walk over you.&#8217 You have even made your back like the ground And like the street for those who walk over it.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, Who have said to you, ‘Lie down that we may walk over you.’ You have even made your back like the ground, And like the street for those who walk over <i>it</i>.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will set it into the hand of those who cause you grief, Who have said to you, ‘Lie down that we may walk over <i>you</i>.’ You have even set your back <i>down</i> like the ground And like the street for those who walk over <i>it</i>.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, Who have said to you, ‘Lie down so that we may walk over you.’ You have even made your back like the ground And like the street for those who walk over it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’ You made your back like the ground, and like a street for those who walk on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you: Lie down, so we can walk over you. You made your back like the ground, and like a street for those who walk on it.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/51.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, that have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Instead I will give it to your brutal enemies, who treated you like dirt and walked all over you." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/51.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will put it in the hands of those who made you suffer. They said to you, "Lie down so that we can walk over you." So you made your back like the ground and like a street for them to cross.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/51.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will give it to those who oppressed you, to those who made you lie down in the streets and trampled on you as if you were dirt." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/51.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But I will put it into the hands of those who tormented and oppressed you, those who said to you, 'Lie down, so we can step over you,' so that you had to make your back like the ground, and like a street for them to walk over."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/51.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you, 'Lie down, so we can walk over you.' You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, 'Bow down, that we may walk over you;' and you have laid your back as the ground, and as the street, to those who walk over."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul, Prostrate thyself, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/51.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, like a street to those who walk over.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have put it into the hand of those afflicting you, "" Who have said to your soul, "" Bow down, and we pass over, "" And you make your body as the earth, "" And as the street to those passing by!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have put it into the hand of those afflicting thee, Who have said to thy soul, Bow down, and we pass over, And thou makest as the earth thy body, And as the street to those passing by!'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I put it in the hand of those afflicting thee; who said to thy soul, Bow down, and we will pass over; thou wilt set thy middle as the earth, and as the street to those passing over.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will put it in the hand of them that have oppressed thee, and have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as a way to them that went over. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will set it in the hand of those who have humiliated you, and who have said to your soul: “Bow down, so that we pass over.” And you placed your body on the ground, as a path for them to pass over.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/51.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, those who said to you, “Bow down, that we may walk over you.” So you offered your back like the ground, like the street for them to walk on. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, who have said to you, “Bow down, that we may walk on you”; and you have made your back like the ground and like the street for them to walk on.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, Bow down that we may go over you; and you have made your people like the ground and like the street to them that passed by.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall place it in the hand of your afflicters, for they said to your soul, ‘Lie down and we shall go through’, and you have made your people as the ground and like streets for those who pass through” <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; That have said to thy soul: 'Bow down, that we may go over'; And thou hast laid thy back as the ground, And as the street, to them that go over.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will give it into the hands of them that injured thee, and them that afflicted thee; who said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may pass over: and thou didst level thy body with the ground to them passing by without.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/51-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=11686" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/51.htm">The Cup of Wrath</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: wə·śam·tî·hā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs:: 3fs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">I will place it</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">in the hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/3013.htm" title="3013: mō·w·ḡa·yiḵ (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mpc:: 2fs) -- To suffer. A primitive root; to grieve.">of your tormentors,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mə·rū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">told</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: lə·nap̄·šêḵ (Prep-l:: N-fsc:: 2fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">you:</a> <a href="/hebrew/7812.htm" title="7812: šə·ḥî (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To bow down. A primitive root; to depress, i.e. Prostrate.">‘Lie down,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: wə·na·‘ă·ḇō·rāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">so we can walk over you,’</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: wat·tā·śî·mî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">so that you made</a> <a href="/hebrew/1460.htm" title="1460: gê·wêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- The back, the middle. From ga'ah; the back; by analogy, the middle.">your back</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ḵā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-k, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">like the ground,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: wə·ḵa·ḥūṣ (Conj-w, Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">like a street</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: la·‘ō·ḇə·rîm (Prep-l, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">to be traversed.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-25.htm">Isaiah 49:25-26</a></span><br />Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children. / I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-17</a></span><br />This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.” / So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Lamentations 4:21-22</a></span><br />So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. / O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Psalm 75:8</a></span><br />For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Jeremiah 51:6-7</a></span><br />Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves. / Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6</a></span><br />Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></span><br />The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/12-2.htm">Zechariah 12:2</a></span><br />“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Habakkuk 2:16</a></span><br />You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-16.htm">Jeremiah 30:16</a></span><br />Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-16.htm">Obadiah 1:16</a></span><br />For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-10.htm">Revelation 14:10</a></span><br />he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Revelation 17:4</a></span><br />The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/60-3.htm">Psalm 60:3</a></span><br />You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31-34</a></span><br />Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much. / You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict you; which have said to your soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and you have laid your body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.</p><p class="hdg">I will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-25.htm">Isaiah 49:25,26</a></b></br> But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/11-8.htm">Proverbs 11:8</a></b></br> The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/21-18.htm">Proverbs 21:18</a></b></br> The wicked <i>shall be</i> a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.</p><p class="hdg">bow</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/10-24.htm">Joshua 10:24</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/65-11.htm">Psalm 65:11,12</a></b></br> Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/11-2.htm">Revelation 11:2</a></b></br> But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty <i>and</i> two months.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-22.htm">Backs</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-5.htm">Body</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-23.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-25.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-16.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-8.htm">Face</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-11.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-22.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-1.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-4.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-13.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-13.htm">Masters</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-7.htm">Prostrate</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-20.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-20.htm">Street</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/psalms/137-3.htm">Tormentors</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-11.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/acts/10-7.htm">Went</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-6.htm">Yoke</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-13.htm">Backs</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-9.htm">Body</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-4.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-10.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-14.htm">Face</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-2.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-3.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Masters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Prostrate</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-14.htm">Street</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-2.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/matthew/18-34.htm">Tormentors</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-2.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Went</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-4.htm">Yoke</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 51</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/51-1.htm">An exhortation after the pattern of Abraham, to trust in Christ</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm">By reason of his comfortable promises,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/51-4.htm">Of his righteous salvation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/51-7.htm">And man's mortality</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Christ by his sanctified arm defends his from the fear of man</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">He bewails the afflictions of Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/51-21.htm">And promises deliverance</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, this reflects the Babylonian captivity, where the Israelites were subjugated. Theologically, it underscores God's justice and His commitment to vindicate His people. This theme of divine retribution is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-17</a>, where the cup of God's wrath is a recurring symbol.<p><b>who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’</b><br>This imagery captures the humiliation and degradation experienced by the Israelites under foreign domination. It reflects the cultural practices of ancient Near Eastern conquerors who often humiliated their captives. The phrase also symbolizes the complete subjugation and powerlessness of the oppressed. This can be compared to <a href="/psalms/44-25.htm">Psalm 44:25</a>, where the psalmist laments being brought down to the dust.<p><b>so that you made your back like the ground,</b><br>This metaphor illustrates the extent of the Israelites' suffering and submission. It evokes the image of a person being trampled upon, highlighting the physical and emotional toll of their oppression. The ground imagery is significant in biblical literature, often symbolizing humility and lowliness, as seen in <a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a>, where humanity is reminded of its origin from dust.<p><b>like a street to be traversed.”</b><br>The street imagery suggests a path frequently used and worn down, symbolizing the relentless nature of the Israelites' suffering. Streets in ancient cities were central to daily life, commerce, and communication, making this metaphor particularly poignant. This phrase also foreshadows the ultimate redemption and restoration promised by God, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/40-3.htm">Isaiah 40:3-4</a>, where the preparation of a highway for the Lord signifies the coming of salvation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, promising deliverance and justice for His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/tormentors.htm">Tormentors</a></b><br>Those who oppressed and humiliated the Israelites, forcing them into subjugation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were suffering under oppression and awaiting deliverance.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>Though not explicitly mentioned in this verse, Babylon is often the oppressor in the context of Isaiah's prophecies.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet through whom God delivers this message of hope and reversal of fortunes.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice.htm">Divine Justice</a></b><br>God is just and will ultimately bring retribution upon those who oppress His people. Believers can trust in His timing and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reversal_of_fortunes.htm">Reversal of Fortunes</a></b><br>The oppressed will see a reversal of their circumstances. This encourages believers to remain steadfast in faith, knowing that God will turn their suffering into victory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_and_submission.htm">Humility and Submission</a></b><br>While the Israelites were forced into submission, God’s deliverance teaches that true humility and submission should be to God alone, not to human oppressors.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_promises.htm">Hope in God’s Promises</a></b><br>This verse reassures believers that God’s promises are reliable. In times of distress, they can hold onto His word for hope and deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>The imagery of being walked over can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual battles. Believers are reminded that God equips them to stand firm against spiritual oppression.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_51.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 51</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_'restore_my_soul'.htm">What is the meaning of 'Restore My Soul'?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_the_old_catholic_church.htm">Are you avoiding the behavior of hypocrites?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_david_claim_full_integrity.htm">(Psalm 26:1) How can David claim complete integrity when other scriptures say no one is without sin?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_emphasize_mourning_in_isaiah_15_2-3.htm">Why does the text emphasize mourning rituals in Isaiah 15:2-3 if the city's destruction was as instantaneous as indicated?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/51.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">Thou hast laid thy body . . .</span>--The image is startlingly bold; but our word "prostration," as applied to the condition of a people, embodies precisely the same thought. (Comp. <a href="/psalms/129-3.htm" title="The plowers plowed on my back: they made long their furrows.">Psalm 129:3</a>.) The previous words paint the last humiliation of Eastern conquest (<a href="/joshua/10-24.htm" title="And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet on the necks of them.">Joshua 10:24</a>).<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee</span>. Babylon, the oppressor of Judah, shall in her turn be made to drink of the cup of which Judah had so long drunk, and shall suffer nearly the same woes which she had inflicted. Meanwhile, Judah should cease to drink of the cup, and have "a time of refreshing." <span class="cmt_word">Bow down, that we may go over</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "submit yourselves to the uttermost, that we may put upon you the most extreme indignity." The metaphor is drawn from the actual practise of conquerors, who made captive kings prostrate themselves, and placed their feet upon their necks, or otherwise trampled upon them (see <a href="/joshua/10-24.htm">Joshua 10:24</a>; and comp. 'Ancient hierarchies,' vol. 3:p. 7). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/51-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I will place it</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשַׂמְתִּ֙יהָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·śam·tî·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the hands</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיַד־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yaḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your tormentors,</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹגַ֔יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·ḡa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3013.htm">Strong's 3013: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grieve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">told</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמְר֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you:</span><br /><span class="heb">לְנַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·nap̄·šêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘Lie down,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁחִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7812.htm">Strong's 7812: </a> </span><span class="str2">To depress, prostrate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so we can walk over you.’</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנַעֲבֹ֑רָה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·na·‘ă·ḇō·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And you made</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתָּשִׂ֤ימִי</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tā·śî·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your back</span><br /><span class="heb">גֵּוֵ֔ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(gê·wêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1460.htm">Strong's 1460: </a> </span><span class="str2">The back, the middle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like the ground,</span><br /><span class="heb">כָאָ֙רֶץ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḵā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and like a street</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכַח֖וּץ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵa·ḥūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to be traversed.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַעֹבְרִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(la·‘ō·ḇə·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/51-23.htm">Isaiah 51:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/51-23.htm">Isaiah 51:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/51-23.htm">Isaiah 51:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/51-23.htm">Isaiah 51:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/51-23.htm">Isaiah 51:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/51-23.htm">Isaiah 51:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/51-23.htm">Isaiah 51:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/51-23.htm">Isaiah 51:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/51-23.htm">Isaiah 51:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/51-23.htm">Isaiah 51:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/51-23.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 51:23 And I will put it into (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/51-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 51:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 51:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 52:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 52:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>