Isaiah 47:7-8

7 "Yet you said, 'I will be a ¹queen forever *.' These things you did not ²consider * * Nor remember the ³outcome of them.

8 "Now, then, hear this, you ⁴sensual one, Who ⁵dwells securely, Who says in your heart, '⁶I am, and there is no one besides me. I will ⁷not sit as a widow, Nor know loss of children.'

Isaiah 47:7-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 47

This chapter is a prophecy of the destruction of Babylon, and of the Chaldeans, and declares the causes of it. The mean, low, ignominious, and miserable condition Babylon and the Chaldeans should be brought into by the Lord, the Redeemer of his people, is described, Isa 47:1-5, the causes of it are their cruelty to the Jews, Isa 47:6, their pride, voluptuousness, and carnal security, Isa 47:7,8 their sorceries and enchantments, and trust in their own wisdom, Isa 47:9,10, wherefore their destruction should come suddenly upon them, and they should not be able to put it off, Isa 47:11, their magic art, and judiciary astrology, which they boasted of, by them they could neither foresee nor withstand their ruin, which would be of no avail unto them, Isa 47:12-14, nor their merchants either, Isa 47:15.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 47:5
• 2. Isaiah 42:25; Isaiah 57:11
• 3. Deuteronomy 32:29; Jeremiah 5:31; Ezekiel 7:2, 3
• 4. Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 32:9; Jeremiah 50:11
• 5. Isaiah 32:9, 11; Zephaniah 2:15
• 6. Is 45:5, 6, 18; Isaiah 47:10; Zephaniah 2:15
• 7. Revelation 18:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "it"
• [b]. Lit "her"