47:7 You said,
‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ 1
You did not think about these things; 2
you did not consider how it would turn out. 3
1 tn Heb “Forever I [will be] permanent queen”; NIV “the eternal queen”; CEV “queen forever.”
2 tn Heb “you did not set these things upon your heart [or “mind”].”
3 tn Heb “you did not remember its outcome”; NAB “you disregarded their outcome.”
4 tn Heb “Set your heart upon your ways” (see 2:15, 18); traditionally “Consider your ways” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB).
5 tn Heb “and if you do not place upon [the] heart”; KJV, NAB, NRSV “lay it to heart.”
6 tn Heb “the curse” (so NASB, NRSV); NLT “a terrible curse.”