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They are filled with the wrath of the LORD, with the rebuke of your God. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/51.htm">New Living Translation</a> For your children have fainted and lie in the streets, helpless as antelopes caught in a net. The LORD has poured out his fury; God has rebuked them. <a href="/esv/isaiah/51.htm">English Standard Version</a> Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/51.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/51.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/51.htm">New King James Version</a> Your sons have fainted, They lie at the head of all the streets, Like an antelope in a net; They are full of the fury of the LORD, The rebuke of your God. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Your sons have fainted, They lie helpless at the head of every street, Like an antelope in a net, Full of the wrath of the LORD, The rebuke of your God. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/51.htm">NASB 1995</a> Your sons have fainted, They lie helpless at the head of every street, Like an antelope in a net, Full of the wrath of the LORD, The rebuke of your God. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Your sons have fainted, They lie helpless at the head of every street, Like an antelope in a net, Full of the wrath of the LORD, The rebuke of your God. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Your sons have fainted; They lie helpless at the head of every street, Like an antelope in a net, Full of the wrath of Yahweh, The rebuke of your God. <a href="/amp/isaiah/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Your sons have fainted; They lie helpless at the head of every street, Like an antelope in a net, Full [from drinking] of the wrath of the LORD, The rebuke of your God. <a href="/csb/isaiah/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Your children have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net. They are full of the LORD’s fury, the rebuke of your God. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Your children have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net. They are full of the LORD&#8217s fury, the rebuke of your God. <a href="/asv/isaiah/51.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God. <a href="/cev/isaiah/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD your God is angry, and on every street corner your children lie helpless, like deer trapped in nets. <a href="/erv/isaiah/51.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the top of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Your children have fainted. They lie sleeping at every street corner. They are like an antelope caught in a net. They experience the anger of the LORD, the fury of your God. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/51.htm">Good News Translation</a> At the corner of every street your people collapse from weakness; they are like deer caught in a hunter's net. They have felt the force of God's anger. <a href="/isv/isaiah/51.htm">International Standard Version</a> Your children have fainted. They lie at the head of every street, like antelope caught in a trap, filled with the anger of the LORD and the rebuke of your God. <a href="/msb/isaiah/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God. <a href="/net/isaiah/51.htm">NET Bible</a> Your children faint; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a snare. They are left in a stupor by the LORD's anger, by the battle cry of your God. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/isaiah/51.htm">World English Bible</a> Your sons have fainted. They lie at the head of all the streets, like an antelope in a net. They are full of Yahweh’s wrath, the rebuke of your God. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Your sons have been wrapped up, they have lain down, "" At the head of all out places, as an antelope [in] a dragnet, "" They are full of the fury of YHWH, "" The rebuke of Your God. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thy sons have been wrapped up, they have lain down, At the head of all out places, as a wild ox in a net, They are full of the fury of Jehovah, The rebuke of Thy God. <a href="/slt/isaiah/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thy sons fainted; they lay down upon the head of all the streets as an antelope in a net: being full of the wrath of Jehovah the rebuke of thy God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thy children are cast forth, they have slept at the head of all the ways, as the wild ox that is snared: full of the indignation of the Lord, of the rebuke of thy God. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Your sons have been cast out. They have slept at the head of all the roads, and they have been ensnared like a gazelle. They have been filled by the indignation of the Lord, by the rebuke of your God. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/51.htm">New American Bible</a> Your children lie helpless at every street corner like antelopes in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Your children have fainted, they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Your sons have fainted, they lie at every street corner, they are faded like a wilted beet; they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of your God. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Your children are in shock and are lying down at the top of all of the streets as an offering of mourning, and they are full of the anger of LORD JEHOVAH, and the rebuke of your God<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, As an antelope in a net; They are full of the fury of the LORD, The rebuke of thy God. <a href="/sep/isaiah/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Thy sons are the perplexed ones, that sleep at the top of every street as a half-boiled beet; they that are full of the anger of the Lord, caused to faint by the Lord God. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/51-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=11650" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/51.htm">The Cup of Wrath</a> …19These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you? 20<a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bā·na·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">Your sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/5968.htm" title="5968: ‘ul·lə·p̄ū (V-Pual-Perf-3cp) -- To cover. A primitive root; to veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid.">have fainted;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7901.htm" title="7901: šā·ḵə·ḇū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To lie down. A primitive root; to lie down.">they lie</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: bə·rōš (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">at the head</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of every</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: ḥū·ṣō·wṯ (N-mp) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">street,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8377.htm" title="8377: kə·ṯō·w (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- Antelope. And towt; from ta'ah; a species of antelope.">like an antelope</a> <a href="/hebrew/4364.htm" title="4364: miḵ·mār (N-ms) -- A net, snare. Or mikmor; from kamar in the sense of blackening by heat; a net.">in a net.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4392.htm" title="4392: ham·lê·’îm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- Full. From male'; full or filling; also fulness; adverbially, fully.">They are full</a> <a href="/hebrew/2534.htm" title="2534: ḥă·maṯ- (N-fsc) -- Heat, rage. Or chemac; from yacham; heat; figuratively, anger, poison.">of the wrath</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1606.htm" title="1606: ga·‘ă·raṯ (N-fsc) -- A rebuke. From ga'ar; a chiding.">the rebuke</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of your God.</a> 21Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Lamentations 2:11-12</a> My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. / They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers. <a href="/lamentations/2-19.htm">Lamentations 2:19</a> Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street. <a href="/lamentations/4-4.htm">Lamentations 4:4</a> The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. <a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Lamentations 4:9-10</a> Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce. / The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. <a href="/jeremiah/14-16.htm">Jeremiah 14:16-18</a> And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them. / You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound. / If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’” <a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm">Jeremiah 15:2</a> If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’ <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21</a> Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle. <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a> I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’ <a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Ezekiel 5:10</a> As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’ <a href="/ezekiel/7-15.htm">Ezekiel 7:15-16</a> The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague. / The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity. <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a> My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53-57</a> Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you. / The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived, / refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates. ... <a href="/2_kings/6-28.htm">2 Kings 6:28-29</a> Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’ / So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.” <a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a> How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! <a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Luke 21:23</a> How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Your 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 your God.sons<a href="/isaiah/40-30.htm">Isaiah 40:30</a> Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:<a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm">Jeremiah 14:18</a> If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.<a href="/lamentations/1-15.htm">Lamentations 1:15,19</a> The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress… a wild<a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Isaiah 8:21</a> And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.<a href="/ezekiel/12-13.htm">Ezekiel 12:13</a> My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.<a href="/ezekiel/17-20.htm">Ezekiel 17:20</a> And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.full<a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17,21</a> Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out… <a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Isaiah 9:19-21</a> Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother… <a href="/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15,16</a> I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted… but<a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Isaiah 29:9</a> Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.<a href="/isaiah/49-26.htm">Isaiah 49:26</a> And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.<a href="/ezekiel/39-19.htm">Ezekiel 39:19</a> And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/14-5.htm">Antelope</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/psalms/107-5.htm">Fainted</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-11.htm">Head</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-6.htm">Helpless</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-11.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-21.htm">Net</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-5.htm">Oryx</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-24.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-20.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-10.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-3.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-2.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-6.htm">Roe</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-2.htm">Street</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-2.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/luke/19-20.htm">Wrapt</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/14-5.htm">Antelope</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/jeremiah/45-3.htm">Fainted</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-20.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-22.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm">Head</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-24.htm">Helpless</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-26.htm">Net</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-5.htm">Oryx</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-21.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-5.htm">Roe</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-23.htm">Street</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-12.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-15.htm">Wrapt</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-22.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 51</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/51-1.htm">An exhortation after the pattern of Abraham, to trust in Christ</a> 3. <a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm">By reason of his comfortable promises,</a> 4. <a href="/isaiah/51-4.htm">Of his righteous salvation</a> 7. <a href="/isaiah/51-7.htm">And man's mortality</a> 9. <a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Christ by his sanctified arm defends his from the fear of man</a> 17. <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">He bewails the afflictions of Jerusalem</a> 21. <a href="/isaiah/51-21.htm">And promises deliverance</a> </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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This phrase indicates a state of weakness and helplessness among the people of Israel. In the biblical context, "sons" often represents the younger generation or the people of a nation. The fainting suggests a spiritual and physical exhaustion due to the consequences of sin and disobedience. Historically, this can be linked to the Babylonian exile, where the Israelites faced severe oppression and hardship. The imagery of fainting underscores their inability to stand against their adversaries without divine intervention.they lie at the head of every street, The "head of every street" signifies a public and visible place, suggesting that the plight of the Israelites is evident to all. This can be seen as a metaphor for their widespread suffering and disgrace. In ancient cities, the gates or main streets were places of judgment and commerce, indicating that their downfall is both a public spectacle and a matter of communal concern. This imagery also reflects the societal breakdown and the loss of order within the community.like an antelope in a net. The comparison to an "antelope in a net" evokes a sense of entrapment and vulnerability. An antelope, known for its swiftness and agility, is rendered powerless when caught in a net. This metaphor highlights the Israelites' loss of freedom and their entanglement in the consequences of their actions. It also suggests a sudden and unexpected capture, reflecting the surprise and inevitability of divine judgment. This imagery can be connected to the broader biblical theme of captivity and the need for deliverance.They are full of the wrath of the LORD, The "wrath of the LORD" refers to God's righteous anger against sin and disobedience. In the Old Testament, God's wrath is often depicted as a response to covenant unfaithfulness. This phrase indicates that the suffering of the Israelites is a direct result of divine judgment. Theologically, it underscores the holiness of God and His intolerance of sin. This concept is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a>, where God's wrath is revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteousness.the rebuke of your God. The "rebuke of your God" emphasizes the corrective nature of God's judgment. It implies that the purpose of their suffering is not merely punitive but also redemptive, intended to bring the people back to a right relationship with God. This rebuke is consistent with the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where discipline is a means of restoration. The idea of divine rebuke is also present in the New Testament, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/12-5.htm">Hebrews 12:5-6</a>, which speaks of God's discipline as an expression of His love for His children.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/sons_of_zion.htm">Sons of Zion</a> Refers to the people of Jerusalem or Israel, depicted as being in a state of despair and helplessness. 2. <a href="/topical/s/streets_of_jerusalem.htm">Streets of Jerusalem</a> Symbolic of the public places where the people of Israel are seen in their distress. 3. <a href="/topical/a/antelope.htm">Antelope</a> Used metaphorically to describe the vulnerability and entrapment of the people. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord's_wrath.htm">The LORD's Wrath</a> Represents God's righteous anger towards the sin and disobedience of His people. 5. <a href="/topical/r/rebuke_of_god.htm">Rebuke of God</a> Indicates divine correction and discipline intended to bring the people back to righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_discipline.htm">Understanding God's Discipline</a> God's wrath and rebuke are not arbitrary but are responses to persistent disobedience. Understanding this helps us see the importance of aligning our lives with God's will. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> Sin leads to spiritual and sometimes physical desolation. Recognizing the consequences of sin should motivate us to seek repentance and restoration. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a> While the verse depicts a scene of despair, the broader context of Isaiah offers hope for restoration. Trust in God's promises for renewal and redemption. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a> The imagery of sons lying at the head of every street suggests communal suffering. This highlights the importance of supporting one another in times of spiritual and physical need. <a href="/topical/v/vigilance_against_spiritual_entrapment.htm">Vigilance Against Spiritual Entrapment</a> Like antelope caught in a net, we must be vigilant against the snares of sin and temptation, relying on God's strength to overcome them.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_51.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 51</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_use_the_weak.htm">Are we already condemned?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_jesus_plead_in_mark_14_36.htm">Mark 14:36 - If Jesus is divine, why does he plead for the cup of suffering to be taken from him, suggesting he might not have full knowledge or power over his fate?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_jesus_conflicted_in_matthew_26_36-46.htm">In Matthew 26:36-46, why does Jesus seem conflicted about His fate if He was fully aware of His divine mission and outcome?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_eternal_punishment_just_for_sins.htm">How can eternal punishment be just for finite sins?</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>(20) As a wild bull . . .--Better, as an antelope. The picture explains that of <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm" title="Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.">Isaiah 51:17</a>. The sons cannot help the mother, for they, too, have drunk of the same cup of fury, and lie like corpses in the open places of the city. (Comp. <a href="/lamentations/2-12.htm" title="They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.">Lamentations 2:12</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 20. - Thy sons have fainted, they lie; rather, thy sons fainted; they lay. The prophet describes the siege and capture of Jerusalem as past, because his standpoint is the time of the Captivity. He depicts the inhabitants of Jerusalem as "faint" through famine, and so weak that they lie prostrate about the streets. As a wild bull in a net; rather, like a gazelle in a net - panting, exhausted, incapable of the hast resistance. They are full of the fury of the Lord; i.e. the fury of the Lord has been fully poured out upon them. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/51-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Your sons בָּנַ֜יִךְ (bā·na·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son have fainted; עֻלְּפ֥וּ (‘ul·lə·p̄ū) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5968.htm">Strong's 5968: </a> To veil, cover, to be languid they lie שָׁכְב֛וּ (šā·ḵə·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7901.htm">Strong's 7901: </a> To lie down at the head בְּרֹ֥אשׁ (bə·rōš) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head of every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every street, חוּצ֖וֹת (ḥū·ṣō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors like an antelope כְּת֣וֹא (kə·ṯō·w) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8377.htm">Strong's 8377: </a> A species of antelope in a net. מִכְמָ֑ר (miḵ·mār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4364.htm">Strong's 4364: </a> A net, snare They are full הַֽמְלֵאִ֥ים (ham·lê·’îm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> To fill, be full of of the wrath חֲמַת־ (ḥă·maṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2534.htm">Strong's 2534: </a> Heat, anger, poison of the LORD, יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the rebuke גַּעֲרַ֥ת (ga·‘ă·raṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1606.htm">Strong's 1606: </a> A chiding of your God. אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ (’ĕ·lō·hā·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-20.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 51:20 Your sons have fainted they lie at (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/51-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 51:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 51:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/51-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 51:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 51:21" /></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>