Isaiah 32 · Verse 9

Isaiah 32:9

Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
Isaiah 32:9, King James Version

Isaiah 32:9 in other translations

BSBStand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
WEBRise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
ASVRise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
YLTWomen, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear to my saying,
DARBYRise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
BBEGive ear to my voice, you women who are living in comfort; give attention to my words, you daughters who have no fear of danger.
WebsterRise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear to my speech.

What does Isaiah 32:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 32:9-20
9-20. Address to the women of Jerusalem who troubled themselves little about the political signs of the times, but lived a life of self-indulgence (Is 3:16-23); the failure of food through the devastations of the enemy is here foretold, being what was most likely to affect them as mothers of families, heretofore accustomed to every luxury. Vitringa understands "women--daughters" as the cities and villages of Judea (Eze 16:1-63). See Am 6:1.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Rise up, ye women "ye provinces. "Ye careless daughters "ye cities." - Targum. From this verse to the end of the fourteenth, the desolation of Judea by the Chaldeans appears to be foretold.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 32:9-20
When there was so much provocation given to the holy God, bad times might be expected. Alas! how many careless ones there are, who support self-indulgence by shameful niggardliness! We deserve to be deprived of the supports of life, when we make them the food of lusts. Let such tremble and be troubled. Blessed times shall be brought in by the pouring out of the Spirit from on high; then, and not till then, there will be good times. The present state of the Jews shall continue until a more abundant pouring out of the Spirit from on high. Peace and quietness shall be found in the way and work of righteousness. True satisfaction is to be had only in true religion. And real holiness is real happiness now, and shall be perfect happiness, that is, perfect holiness for ever. The good seed of the word shall be sown in all places, and be watered by Divine grace; and laborious, patient labourers shall be sent forth into God's husbandry.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Isaiah 32:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נָשִׁים֙na.ShimO womenH802
שַֽׁאֲנַנּ֔וֹתsha.'a.na.NotcarefreeH7600
קֹ֖מְנָהKo.me.nahariseH6965
שְׁמַ֣עְנָהshe.Ma'.nahhearH8085
קוֹלִ֑יko.Livoice myH6963
בָּנוֹת֙ba.nOtO daughtersH1323
בֹּֽטח֔וֹתbo.t.ChotconfidentH982
הַאְזֵ֖נָּהha'.Ze.nahgive ear toH238
אִמְרָתִֽי\׃'im.ra.Tiutterance myH565

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Cross references for Isaiah 32:9

  • Isaiah 28:23

    Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

  • Isaiah 3:16

    Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

  • Matthew 13:9

    Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Amos 6:1-6

    Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; …

  • Jeremiah 48:11-12

    Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

  • Lamentations 4:5

    They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

  • Jeremiah 6:2-6

    I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place. Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. …

  • Psalms 49:1-2

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

  • Isaiah 47:7-8

    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. Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

  • Zephaniah 2:15

    This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

  • Judges 9:7

    And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

  • Deuteronomy 28:56

    The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye women.
3:16; 47:7,8; De 28:56; Jer 6:2-6; 48:11,12; La 4:5; Am 6:1-6
give ear.
28:23; Jud 9:7; Ps 49:1,2; Mt 13:9

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Context

  • Isaiah 32:8

    But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

  • Isaiah 32:9

    Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

  • Isaiah 32:10

    Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

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Isaiah 32:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mujeres reposadas, levantaos, oid mi voz; confiadas, escuchad mi razón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Levez-vous, femmes qui êtes à votre aise, écoutez ma voix; vous filles qui vivez en sécurité, prêtez l’oreille à ce que je dis:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Stehet auf, ihr sorglosen Weiber, höret meine Stimme! ihr sicheren Töchter, nehmet zu Ohren meine Rede!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Mulieres opulentæ, surgite, et audite vocem meam; filiæ confidentes, percipite auribus eloquium meum.