Isaiah 47:8

Therefore hear now this, O adinah (voluptuous, wanton one) 1 that dwellest lavetach (carelessly, in security), 1 that sayest in her lev: 1 I am, and none else besides me; 1 I shall not live as an almanah, 1 neither shall I know shechol (the loss of children, bereavement); 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

In Context

7And thou saidst: 1 I shall be a Geveret ad l'olam (Lady forever): 1 so that thou didst not lay these things to thy lev, 1 neither didst remember her + 47:7 Babylonʼs acharit (latter end, i.e. future destruction). 1

9But these two things shall overtake thee 1 in a rega (moment), in yom echad, 1 shechol (the loss of children), and almon (widowhood); 1 they shall come upon thee in their perfection 1 for the multitude of thy kashefanut (sorceries, witchcraft) 1 and for the otzmah (great abundance) of thine khavarim (spells, magic, enchantments). 1

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Cross References

Judges 18:7Then the five anashim departed, and came to Layish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the mishpat of the Tzidonim, quiet and unsuspecting; and there was no one in authority in the land, that might put them to shame for anything; but they were far from the Tzidonim, and had no ties with adam.

Psalms 10:5His ways are always prosperous; 1 Thy mishpatim are on high, out of his sight; 1 as for all his enemies, he sneers at them. 1

Isaiah 22:12And in that day did Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os 1 call to weeping, and to wailing, 1 and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth; 1

Isaiah 45:6That they may know from the rising of the shemesh, 1 even to the ma'arav (west, setting place of the sun), 1 that there is none apart from Me. 1 I am Hashem, and there is no other. + 45:6 Elohim 1

Isaiah 47:10For thou hast trusted in thy ra'ah (wickedness); 1 thou hast said: None seeth me. 1 Thy chochmah and thy da'as, 1 it hath perverted thee; 1 and thou hast said in thine lev: 1 I am, and none else beside me. 1

Jeremiah 50:31Hineni, I am against thee, O thou zadon (proud one), saith Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os; 1 for thy day is come, 1 the time that I will visit thee [for punishment]. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 47:8-15

Babylon Threatened. ( b. c. 708.) 7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. 8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: 9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come… Read the whole commentary →

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