Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, etc.— (Isaiah 52:1).
drunk—Jehovah's wrath is compared to an intoxicating draught because it confounds the sufferer under it, and makes him fall (Job 21:20; Psalms 60:3; Psalms 75:8; Jeremiah 25:15-16; Jeremiah 49:12; Zechariah 12:2; Revelation 14:10); ("poured out without mixture"; rather, "the pure wine juice mixed with intoxicating drugs").
of trembling—which produced trembling or intoxication.
wrung . . . out—drained the last drop out; the dregs were the sediments from various substances, as honey, dates, and drugs, put into the wine to increase the strength and sweetness.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 51:17:
Job 21:20
Psalms 60:3
Psalms 75:8
Isaiah 29:9
Isaiah 51:18
Isaiah 51:21
Isaiah 51:23
Isaiah 63:6
Jeremiah 13:12
Jeremiah 25:15
Jeremiah 51:39
Obadiah 1:16
Nahum 3:11
Habakkuk 2:15
Zechariah 12:2
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