Isaiah 47:7

7 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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Isaiah 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.


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.

Isaiah 47:7 In-Context

5 "Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called the Lady of Kingdoms.
6 I was wroth with My people, I have polluted Mine inheritance and given them into thine hand. Thou didst show them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
7 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.
8 "Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, who dwellest carelessly, who sayest in thine heart, `I am, and none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children.'
9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day: the loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
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