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Isaiah 47:8

So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’

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ASV

Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

KJV

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:

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּ֞הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258 →
שִׁמְעִי־shim.'i-listen toH8085 →
זֹ֤אתzotthisH2063 →
עֲדִינָה֙'a.di.NahO voluptuous [woman]H5719 →
הַיּוֹשֶׁ֣בֶתhai.yo.She.vetwho dwellsH3427 →
לָבֶ֔טַחla.Ve.tachto securityH983 →
הָאֹֽמְרָה֙ha.'o.me.Rahwho saysH559 →
בִּלְבָ֔בָהּbil.Va.vahin heart herH3824 →
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589 →
וְאַפְסִ֣יve.'af.Siand only IH657 →
ע֑וֹדod[am] yetH5750 →
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
אֵשֵׁב֙'e.ShevI will liveH3427 →
אַלְמָנָ֔ה'al.ma.Naha widowH490 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
אֵדַ֖ע'e.Da'I will knowH3045 →
שְׁכֽוֹל׃she.KholchildlessnessH7908 →

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Isaiah 14:14I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”Isaiah 32:9Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.Zephaniah 2:15This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.Isaiah 47:10You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’Revelation 18:3–8All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”Isaiah 45:6so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.Jeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,Jeremiah 49:31Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.Jeremiah 50:31–32“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.Daniel 11:36Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.Isaiah 45:18For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,Judges 18:7So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.Judges 18:27After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.Psalms 10:5–6He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.Daniel 4:22you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.Luke 12:18–20Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

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Isaiah's Vision of the Destruction of Babylon — Gustave Doré

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Babylon

“I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children”

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The Northern Celestial Hemisphere — Albrecht Dürer

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Mazzaroth

Twelve constellation groupings; one biblical word (Job 38:32). Bullinger and Seiss read them as a gospel-arc; modern critics trace their figures to Albumazar, not Adam. The objections below are presented at full strength, and the founder's own slot on the page is his to fill.

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