Isaiah 47:7

47:6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

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

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.

And you said, I shall be a lady for ever: so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of it.

47:8 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:

What does Isaiah 47:7 mean?

Isaiah 47:7 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָמַר (ʼâmar), גְּבֶרֶת (gᵉbereth), עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm). It connects to 7 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

And

thou

saidst,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)

shall

ladyגְּבֶרֶתgᵉbereth/gheb-eh'-reth/H1404mistress

for

ever:עוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/H5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

that

thou

didst

not

layשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

these

things

thy

heart,לֵבlêb/labe/H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

neither

didst

rememberזָכַרzâkar/zaw-kar'/H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

the

latter

endאַחֲרִיתʼachărîyth/akh-ar-eeth'/H319the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity

it.

Commentary on Isaiah 47:7

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 47:7

t many deceive themselves with a conceit that, if they offer sacrifice, that will excuse them from doing justice, and procure them a dispensation for their unrighteousness; and this makes their way seem right, v. 2 . We have fasted, Isa. lviii. 3 . I have peace-offerings with me, Prov. vii. 14 . 2. It is plainly declared that living a good life (doing justly and loving mercy) is more pleasing to God than the most pompous and expensive instances of devotion. Sacrifices were of divine institution, and were acceptable to God if they were offered in faith and with repentance, otherwise not, Isa. i. 11 , &c. But even then moral duties were preferred before them ( 1 Sam. xv. 22 ), which intimates that their excellency was not innate nor the obligation to them perpetual, Mic. vi. 6-8 . Much of religion lies in doing judgment and justice from a principle of duty to God, contempt of the world, and love to our neighbour; and this is more pleasing to God than all burnt-offerings and sacrifices, Mark xii. 33 . 4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. This may be taken as showing us,

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Babylon Pride Self-Delusion Self-Righteousness Worldliness

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 47:7.

Exodus 32:13

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

Genesis 3:22

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Genesis 4:15

And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Genesis 6:3

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Genesis 9:16

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

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What does Isaiah 47:7 say?

Isaiah 47:7 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Isaiah 47:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 47:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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