Isaías 47:7

7 Dijiste: “¡Reinaré para siempre, como reina del mundo!”.
No reflexionaste sobre lo que hacías,
ni pensaste en las consecuencias.

Isaías 47:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 47:7

And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever
That her monarchy would continue in a succession of kings, that should rule over all nations to the end of the world. So mystical Babylon, when near her ruin, will say, "I sit a queen----and shall see no sorrow", ( Revelation 18:7 ) : so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart;
neither the sins she had been guilty of, particularly in acting the cruel part towards the people of God; nor the evils foretold should come upon her; these she did not consider of and think upon, so as to repent of the one, and prevent the other: neither didst remember the latter end of it;
or, "thy latter end" ^F6; either her own latter end, the end of her wickedness which she had committed, as Jarchi; the end of her pride, that she should be humbled, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi; or her ruin and destruction, the end she should come to at last; this she never thought of, but put this evil day far from her: or she remembered not the latter end of Jerusalem, who, though a lady too, fell by her own hand; which sense Kimchi takes notice of: or she did not consider what would befall the Jews in the latter day; that God would put an end to their calamities, and deliver them out of Babylon, as he had foretold.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (htyrxa) "novissimi tui", Vatablus; who observes a various reading. In some copies it is (Ktyrxa) , "thy latter end"; which is followed by the Vulgate Latin.

Isaías 47:7 In-Context

5 «Oh Babilonia hermosa, siéntate ahora en oscuridad y en silencio.
Nunca más serás conocida como la reina de los reinos.

6 Pues yo estaba enojado con mi pueblo escogido
y lo castigué al dejar que cayera en tus manos.
Sin embargo, tú, Babilonia, no les tuviste compasión.
Hasta oprimiste a los ancianos.

7 Dijiste: “¡Reinaré para siempre, como reina del mundo!”.
No reflexionaste sobre lo que hacías,
ni pensaste en las consecuencias.

8 »Escucha esto, nación amante de los placeres,
que vives cómodamente y te sientes segura.
Tú dices: “Yo soy la única, y no hay otra.
Nunca seré viuda ni perderé a mis hijos”.

9 Pues ambas cosas caerán sobre ti en un instante:
la viudez y la pérdida de tus hijos.
Así es, esas calamidades caerán sobre ti,
a pesar de tu brujería y de tu magia.