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Isaiah 51:20
Your sons have fainted;
from God’s Fury Removed, Isaiah 51:17-23
What it says

Her sons lie faint in the streets, overwhelmed by the LORD's rebuke.

What it is doing

This verse makes visible the bodily cost of divine wrath.

In context

17Awake, awake! 18Among all the sons she bore, 19These pairs have befallen you: 20Your sons have fainted; 21Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, 22Thus says your Lord, the LORD, 23I will place it in the hands of your tormentors,