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 commentary entries containing this verse:
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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