Isaiah 47:7-8

Context

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

47:8 So now, listen to this,

O one who lives so lavishly,⁴

who lives securely,

who says to herself,⁵

‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!⁶

I will never have to live as a widow;

I will never lose my children.’⁷

[47:7] ¹tn Heb “Forever I [will be] permanent queen”; NIV “the eternal queen”; CEV “queen forever.”

[47:7] ²tn Heb “you did not set these things upon your heart [or “mind”].”

[47:7] ³tn Heb “you did not remember its outcome”; NAB “you disregarded their outcome.”

[47:8] ⁴tn Or perhaps, “voluptuous one” (NAB); NAB “you sensual one”; NLT “You are a pleasure-crazy kingdom.”

[47:8] ⁵tn Heb “the one who says in her heart.”

[47:8] ⁶tn Heb “I [am], and besides me there is no other.” See Zeph 2:15.

[47:8] ⁷tn Heb “I will not live [as] a widow, and I will not know loss of children.”