Isaiah 32:9
in Isaiah 32Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
KJV
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
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This verse in Isaiah 32
Commentary
8 notes on this verseRise up, ye women that are at ease,.... On beds of down, unconcerned about the present or future state of the nation; who had their share of guilt in the nation's sins, particularly pride, luxury, superstition, rejection of the Messiah, and contempt of his Gospel, and so should have their part in its punishment. Some think that the men of the nation are so called, because of their effeminacy.
This site's exposition
Stand up, you complacent women
on Isaiah 32:9-11
The prophet turns to the women of Jerusalem, "complacent women", "overconfident daughters", and tells them to tremble and "put sackcloth around your waists". Trouble is near, "In a little more than a year you will tremble". The older commentators tie this to the Assyrian ruin of Judah’s countryside.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 9 and following) Women of wealth, rise up and listen to my voice: confident daughters, hear my words. After days and years, you will be troubled, O confident ones: for the harvest is complete, and there will be no more gathering. O women of wealth, be astounded, be troubled: strip yourselves and be ashamed. As Symmachus interpreted, expose yourselves: it continues. Gird your loins, beat your breasts, over the desirable region, over the fertile vineyard: over the ground of my people, thorns and thistles will grow: how much more over all the houses of the joyful city?
The Medieval Church1 voice
Here he describes the persecution inflicted on them as to three things. First, as to the loss of fruits, stirring up attention: you women, who cry easily, rich, who have reason to cry from the ruin of their goods; or you women, that is, you …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Let them hear what the prophet has to say to them in God's name: " Rise up, and hear with reverence and attention." 1. Let them know that God was about to bring wasting desolating judgments upon the land in which they lived in pleasure and were wanton.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Rise up ... - Rosenmuller supposes that this commences a new vision or prophecy; and that the former part Isa 32:9-14 refers to the desolation of Judea by the invasion of Sennacherib, and the latter Isa 32:15-20 to the prosperity which would succeed that invasion. It cannot be doubted that this is the general reference of the passage, but there does not seem to be a necessity of making a division here.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Address to the women of Jerusalem who troubled themselves little about the political signs of the times, but lived a life of self-indulgence (Isa 3:16-23); the failure of food through the devastations of the enemy is here foretold, being what was most likely to affect them as mothers of families, heretofore accustomed to every luxury.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Rise up, ye women “ye provinces. “Ye careless daughters “ye cities.” - Targum. From this verse to the end of the fourteenth, the desolation of Judea by the Chaldeans appears to be foretold.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Those who dwell at ease shall be agitated for days and years, because the corn is come to an end, and there is no fruit to gather.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נָשִׁים֙ | nashim | O women | H802 → | 781 times |
| שַֽׁאֲנַנּ֔וֹת | shaananot | carefree | H7600 → | 10 times |
| קֹ֖מְנָה | komenah | arise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| שְׁמַ֣עְנָה | shema'nah | hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| קוֹלִ֑י | koli | voice my | H6963 → | 506 times |
| בָּנוֹת֙ | banot | O daughters | H1323 → | 588 times |
| בֹּֽטח֔וֹת | botchot | confident | H982 → | 120 times |
| הַאְזֵ֖נָּה | ha'zenah | give ear to | H238 → | 41 times |
| אִמְרָתִֽי׃ | ʾimrati | utterance my | H565 → | 37 times |
נָשִׁים֙O women
nashimH802 →781 times
שַֽׁאֲנַנּ֔וֹתcarefree
shaananotH7600 →10 times
קֹ֖מְנָהarise
komenahH6965 →628 times
שְׁמַ֣עְנָהhear
shema'nahH8085 →1159 times
קוֹלִ֑יvoice my
koliH6963 →506 times
בָּנוֹת֙O daughters
banotH1323 →588 times
בֹּֽטח֔וֹתconfident
botchotH982 →120 times
הַאְזֵ֖נָּהgive ear to
ha'zenahH238 →41 times
אִמְרָתִֽי׃utterance my
ʾimratiH565 →37 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 3:16The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
it leads to
- Isaiah 32:9–11
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
- Ezekiel 16:49–50
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
- Proverbs 30:13
There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
- Isaiah 4:4
when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
- Luke 23:28
But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
- Isaiah 32:9–11
Through
Matthew 13:9He who has ears, let him hear.”
it leads to
- Matthew 11:15
He who has ears, let him hear.
- Revelation 2:11
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- Revelation 2:17
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone…
- Matthew 11:15
Where this verse is studied
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About Isaiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.