Isaiah 47:8

So now hear this, you who love pleasure and sit securely; 1 you who say in your heart, “I exist, and there is no one else like me; 1 I will never sit as a widow, nor will I ever experience loss of children.” 1

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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

7You said, “I will rule forever as sovereign queen.” 1 You did not take these things to heart, nor did you consider how they would turn out. 1

9But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day: 1 the loss of children and widowhood; in full force they will come on you, 1 despite your sorceries and your many incantations and amulets. 1

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Cross References

Judges 18:7Then the five men left and came to Laish, and they saw that the people were living in safety, in the same way the Sidonians lived, undisturbed and secure. There was no one who conquered them or who oppressed them in any way in the land. They lived far away from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

Psalms 10:5He is secure at all times, 1 but your righteous decrees are too high for him; 1 he snorts at all his enemies. 1

Isaiah 22:12The Lord Yahweh of hosts called on that day 1 for weeping, for mourning, for shaved heads, and the wearing of sackcloth. 1

Isaiah 45:6that people may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is no god but me: 1 I am Yahweh, and there is no other. 1

Isaiah 47:10You have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, “No one sees me”; 1 your wisdom and your knowledge lead you astray, 1 but you say in your heart, “I exist, and there is no one else like me.” 1

Jeremiah 50:31“See, I am against you, proud one—this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts— 1 for your day has come, proud one, the time when I will punish you. 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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