Isaiah 51:21
New International Version
Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, made drunk, but not with wine.

New Living Translation
But now listen to this, you afflicted ones who sit in a drunken stupor, though not from drinking wine.

English Standard Version
Therefore hear this, you who are afflicted, who are drunk, but not with wine:

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.

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

New King James Version
Therefore please hear this, you afflicted, And drunk but not with wine.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore, listen to this, you afflicted, Who are drunk, but not with wine:

NASB 1995
Therefore, please hear this, you afflicted, Who are drunk, but not with wine:

NASB 1977
Therefore, please hear this, you afflicted, Who are drunk, but not with wine:

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore, now, listen to this, you afflicted, Who are drunk, but not with wine:

Amplified Bible
Therefore, now hear this, you who are afflicted, Who are drunk, but not with wine [but overwhelmed by the wrath of God].

Christian Standard Bible
So listen to this, suffering and drunken one—but not with wine.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So listen to this, afflicted and drunken one—but not with wine.

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

Contemporary English Version
You are in trouble and drunk, but not from wine. So pay close attention

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Listen to this, you humble people who are drunk but not from wine.

Good News Translation
You suffering people of Jerusalem, you that stagger as though you were drunk,

International Standard Version
Now listen to this, you afflicted one, made drunk, but not with wine:

Majority Standard Bible
Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.

NET Bible
So listen to this, oppressed one, who is drunk, but not from wine!

New Heart English Bible
Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunk, but not with wine:

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

World English Bible
Therefore now hear this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Therefore, please hear this, "" O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine,

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, hear, I pray thee, this, O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine,

Smith's Literal Translation
For this, bear now this, thou afflicted and drunken, and not from wine:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore hear this, thou poor little one, and thou that art drunk but no with wine.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, listen to this, O poor little ones, and you who have been inebriated, but not by wine.

New American Bible
But now, hear this, afflicted one, drunk, but not with wine,

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore hear this, you who are wounded, who are drunk, but not with wine:
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Therefore hear now this, O you afflicted and drunken, but not with wine;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because of this, hear these things, afflicted ones who are drunk, not from wine
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, And drunken, but not with wine;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Therefore hear, thou afflicted one, and drunken, but not with wine;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Cup of Wrath
20Your 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. 21Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine. 22Thus 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.…

Cross References
Isaiah 54:11
“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Isaiah 40:1-2
“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God. / “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

Jeremiah 30:10-11
As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid. / For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”

Lamentations 1:12
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?

Ezekiel 36:3-7
therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers, / therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you. / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder. ...

Zechariah 1:15-17
but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’ / Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’ / Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”

Psalm 102:13-17
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come. / For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust. / So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory. ...

Psalm 9:9-10
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. / Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

Psalm 34:17-19
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles. / The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit. / Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

Psalm 107:39-41
When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow, / He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. / But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Luke 4:18-19
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, / to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

Romans 8:35-39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. ...

2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, / who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.


Treasury of Scripture

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Isaiah 51
1. An exhortation after the pattern of Abraham, to trust in Christ
3. By reason of his comfortable promises,
4. Of his righteous salvation
7. And man's mortality
9. Christ by his sanctified arm defends his from the fear of man
17. He bewails the afflictions of Jerusalem
21. And promises deliverance














Therefore now hear this
This phrase serves as a divine call to attention, urging the listener to focus on the message that follows. In Hebrew, the word "hear" (שְׁמַע, shema) is not merely about auditory perception but implies understanding and obedience. It is reminiscent of the Shema in Deuteronomy 6:4, a central declaration of faith in Judaism. This call to "hear" signifies the importance and urgency of the message, indicating that God is about to reveal something crucial to His people.

you afflicted one
The term "afflicted" (עֲנִיָּה, aniyah) refers to someone who is suffering or oppressed. Historically, this can be seen as addressing the Israelites during their Babylonian exile, a period of great distress and hardship. Theologically, it reflects God's awareness and compassion for those who are suffering. It reassures believers that God sees their struggles and is preparing to act on their behalf.

drunken, but not with wine
This metaphorical expression highlights a state of confusion and disorientation. The Hebrew word for "drunken" (שִׁכּוֹר, shikkor) typically refers to intoxication by alcohol, but here it signifies a spiritual or emotional stupor. The Israelites were overwhelmed by their circumstances, not by literal wine, but by the trials and tribulations they faced. This phrase underscores the idea that their suffering is not self-inflicted but a result of external oppression, and it sets the stage for God's intervention and deliverance.

(21) Drunken, but not with wine . . .--Same phrase as in Isaiah 29:9.

Verse 21. - Drunken, but not with wine (comp. Isaiah 29:9; and see above, ver. 17, which shows that the appearance of drunkenness had been produced by Jerusalem drinking the cup of God's wrath).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Therefore
לָכֵ֛ן (lā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

now
נָ֥א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

hear
שִׁמְעִי־ (šim·‘î-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

this,
זֹ֖את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

you afflicted one,
עֲנִיָּ֑ה (‘ă·nî·yāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble

drunken,
וּשְׁכֻרַ֖ת (ū·šə·ḵu·raṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7937: To become tipsy, to satiate with a, stimulating drink, influence

but not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

with wine.
מִיָּֽיִן׃ (mî·yā·yin)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication


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