Isaiah 51:17

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.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 51:9 Parallel

Isaiah 51:9 uses the same double 'awake' summons but directed at God's arm, forming a rhetorical parallel within the same chapter.

Isaiah 51:20 describes the sons of Jerusalem lying in agony from the same cup of wrath, continuing the scene of staggering from verse 17.

Isaiah 51:22 reverses the cup image — God promises to take the cup of staggering from Jerusalem’s hand, turning judgment into comfort.

Isaiah 52:1 Parallel

Isaiah 52:1 echoes the double 'awake' command, calling Zion to put on strength and holiness instead of staggering from wrath.

Isaiah 60:1 Parallel

Isaiah 60:1 calls Jerusalem to arise and shine with God's glory — the positive counterpart to the wake-up call from the cup of wrath.

Isaiah 54:11 Related theme

Isaiah 54:11 describes Jerusalem as afflicted and storm-tossed, echoing her state after drinking the cup, though here God promises restoration.

Job 21:20 Parallel

Job 21:20 uses the same 'drink of the wrath' imagery for the wicked receiving their due — directly parallels the cup of fury here.

Revelation 18:6 applies the cup of wrath to Babylon, demanding double recompense from the same cup.

Revelation 14:10 echoes the cup of God's wrath, now poured unmixed on the beast's worshippers, intensifying judgment.

Ezekiel 23:31-34 applies the same cup of desolation to Jerusalem, linking her judgment to Samaria's.

Jeremiah 25:27 details the effect of drinking God's cup — drunkenness, vomiting, and irreversible fall.

Jeremiah 25:15-17 expands the cup of God's wrath imagery, with Jeremiah commanded to make all nations drink it.

Psalm 75:8 Allusion

Psalm 75:8 describes the same cup of wrath with dregs wrung out — a clear precursor to the imagery here of drinking the cup of fury.

Psalm 60:3 Parallel

Psalm 60:3 describes God making His people drink 'the wine of astonishment' — the same cup metaphor for divine judgment as here.

Psalm 11:6 Parallel

Psalm 11:6 speaks of the 'portion of their cup' as divine judgment — parallel to the cup of fury Jerusalem drinks here.

Judges 5:12 Parallel

Judges 5:12 uses the same double 'Awake, awake' call to Deborah and Barak, echoing the summons to Jerusalem here.

Jeremiah 13:13 uses the same cup of drunkenness metaphor: God will fill all inhabitants with drunkenness, leading to staggering — just as in Isaiah.

Jeremiah 25:18 includes Jerusalem among the nations forced to drink the cup of God’s wrath, directly paralleling the cup image here.

Jeremiah 48:26 applies the same drunkenness-of-wrath metaphor to Moab, showing the cup is used for other nations as well.

Lamentations 3:15 says God made the speaker drunk with bitterness — a clear parallel to the cup of staggering and wrath in Isaiah.

Ezekiel 23:32 uses the same cup-of-wrath imagery — Jerusalem must drink her sister's cup of judgment and scorn.

Ezekiel 23:33 continues the cup metaphor, adding drunkenness and sorrow — reinforcing Jerusalem's impending judgment.

Ezekiel 23:34 intensifies the cup imagery — drinking, breaking pieces, self-mutilation — showing total consumption of judgment.

Luke 22:42 Typology

Luke 22:42 shows Jesus praying about the 'cup' of suffering — a typological fulfillment of the cup of wrath Jerusalem drank.

Revelation 16:19 directly uses the cup of God's wrath imagery for Babylon — echoing the same judgment motif.

Zechariah 12:2 reverses the imagery: Jerusalem becomes the cup of trembling that makes other nations stagger.

Ephesians 5:14 echoes the 'Awake' call, urging spiritual resurrection from death — a NT counterpart to Jerusalem's summons from judgment.