Isaiah 47:7

You said, ‘I will be a princess forever;’ 2 so that you did not lay these things to your heart, 2 nor did you remember the results. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6I was angry with my people. 2 I profaned my inheritance, 2 and gave them into your hand. 1 You showed them no rachamim ·merciful loves·. 2 You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged. 1

8“Now therefore sh'ma ·hear obey· this, you who are given to pleasures, 2 who sit securely, 1 who say in your heart, 2 ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me. 1 I shall not sit as a widow, 2 neither shall I know the loss of children.’ 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:29Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, 2 that they would consider their latter end! 1

Isaiah 46:8“Remember this, and show yourselves men. 2 Bring it to mind again, you rebellious who break away from authority thus breaking relationship. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 47:2-7

Babylon Threatened. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. 3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. 4 As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the… Read the whole commentary →

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