Discovery BoxIsaiah 51:13 
Context51:13 Why do you forget 1 the Lord, who made you,
who stretched out the sky 2
and founded the earth?
Why do you constantly tremble all day long 3
at the anger of the oppressor,
when he makes plans to destroy?
Where is the anger of the oppressor? 4
Isaiah 51:22-23
Context51:22 This is what your sovereign master, 5 the Lord your God, says:
“Look, I have removed from your hand
the cup of intoxicating wine, 6
the goblet full of my anger. 7
You will no longer have to drink it.
51:23 I will put it into the hand of your tormentors 8
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.”
1 tn Heb “and that you forget.”
2 tn Or “the heavens” (also in v. 16). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
3 tn Heb “and that you tremble constantly all the day.”
4 tn The question anticipates the answer, “Ready to disappear!” See v. 14.
5 tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
6 tn Heb “the cup of [= that causes] staggering” (so ASV, NAB, NRSV); NASB “the cup of reeling.”
7 tn Heb “the goblet of the cup of my anger.”
8 tn That is, to make them drink it.
