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Isaiah 51:20

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בָּנַ֜יִךְba.Na.yikhchildren yourH1121 →
עֻלְּפ֥וּ'u.le.Futhey have become faintH5968 →
שָׁכְב֛וּsha.khe.Vuthey have lain downH7901 →
בְּרֹ֥אשׁbe.Roshat [the] head ofH7218 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
חוּצ֖וֹתchu.Tzot[the] streetsH2351 →
כְּת֣וֹאke.To'like an antelope ofH8377 →
מִכְמָ֑רmikh.Mara netH4364 →
הַֽמְלֵאִ֥יםham.le.'Imwhich [are] fullH4392 →
חֲמַת־cha.mat-[the] anger ofH2534 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
גַּעֲרַ֥תga.'a.Rat[the] rebuke ofH1606 →
אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃'e.lo.Ha.yikhGod yourH430 →

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Deuteronomy 28:20The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.Revelation 16:9–11And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.Lamentations 2:11–12My 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.Lamentations 2:19Arise, 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.Nahum 1:2The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.Isaiah 49:26I 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.”Isaiah 29:9Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.Ezekiel 39:19At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk.Lamentations 4:2How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.Lamentations 5:13Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.Jeremiah 14:18If 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.’”Lamentations 3:15–16He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.Ezekiel 17:20I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.Isaiah 8:21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.Psalms 88:15–16From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.Lamentations 1:19I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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