Isa 51:17 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 17. The cup of trembling ] cos hattarelah , "the cup of mortal poison," veneni mortiferi.-MONTAN. This may also allude to the ancient custom of taking off criminals by a cup of poison. Socrates is well known to have been sentenced by the Areopagus to drink a cup of the juice of hemlock, which occasioned his death. , and see also Bishop Lowth's note on .

‏ Isaiah 51:17

Verse 17. The cup of trembling] cos hattarelah, "the cup of mortal poison," veneni mortiferi.-MONTAN. This may also allude to the ancient custom of taking off criminals by a cup of poison. Socrates is well known to have been sentenced by the Areopagus to drink a cup of the juice of hemlock, which occasioned his death. See Clarke on Heb 2:9, and see also Bishop Lowth's note on Isa 51:21.