Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
Your children have collapsed from exhaustion and lie at every street corner, like a wild bull caught in a net. They are overwhelmed by the LORD's anger and your God's correction.
This verse describes how God's people have been completely worn down and trapped by God's judgment, lying helpless like captured wild animals.
📚 Historical Context
Isaiah is describing the devastating condition of Jerusalem and its people during or after the Babylonian exile (around 586 BC). The city's inhabitants - referred to as Zion's 'sons' - had endured God's judgment through foreign conquest, destruction, and captivity. This imagery captures the total exhaustion and helplessness of a people who had experienced the full weight of divine discipline for their unfaithfulness.
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