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Isaiah 47:7

You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.

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ASV

And thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֹּ֣אמְרִ֔יva.Tom.Riand you saidH559 →
לְעוֹלָ֖םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769 →
אֶהְיֶ֣ה'eh.YehI will beH1961 →
גְבָ֑רֶתge.Va.reta queenH1404 →
עַ֣ד'aduntilH5704 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
שַׂ֥מְתְּsamtyou putH7760 →
אֵ֙לֶּה֙'e.lehthese [things]H428 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
לִבֵּ֔ךְli.Bekhheart yourH3820 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
זָכַ֖רְתְּza.Khartyou rememberedH2142 →
אַחֲרִיתָֽהּ׃ ס'a.cha.ri.Tahoutcome itsH319 →

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Lamentations 1:9Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.Isaiah 47:5“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?Psalms 30:6In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”Isaiah 46:8–9Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!Ezekiel 28:12–14“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.Ezekiel 7:3–9The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.Daniel 5:18–23As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’Isaiah 42:25So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.Daniel 4:29Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,Isaiah 46:8Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!2 Samuel 2:27“As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”Deuteronomy 32:27if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”Jeremiah 51:53Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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