Isaiah 47 · Verse 7

Isaiah 47:7

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.
Isaiah 47:7, King James Version

Isaiah 47:7 in other translations

BSBYou said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
WEBYou said, ‘I will be a princess forever,’ so that you didn’t lay these things to your heart, nor did you remember the results.
ASVAnd thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.
YLTAnd thou sayest, ‘To the age I am mistress,' While thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, Thou hast not remembered the latter end of it.
DARBYand thou saidst, I shall be a mistress for ever; so that thou didst not take these things to heart, thou didst not remember the end thereof.
BBEAnd you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Isaiah 47:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. so that--Through thy vain expectation of being a queen for ever, thou didst advance to such a pitch of insolence as not to believe "these things" (namely, as to thy overthrow, Is 47:1-5) possible. end of it--namely, of thy insolence, implied in her words, "I shall be a lady for ever."

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 So that thou didst not "Because thou didst not" - For עד ad, read על al; so two MSS., and one edition. And for, אחריתה acharithah, "the latter end of it, "read אחריתך acharithecha, "thy latter end;" so thirteen MSS., and two editions, and the Vulgate. Both the sixth and seventh verses are wanting in one of my oldest MSS.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 47:7-15
Let us beware of acting and speaking as Babylon did; of trusting in tyranny and oppression; of boasting as to our abilities, relying on ourselves, and ascribing success to our own prudence and wisdom; lest we partake of her plagues. Those in the height of prosperity, are apt to fancy themselves out of the reach of adversity. It is also common for sinners to think they shall be safe, because they think to be secret in wicked ways. But their security shall be their ruin. Let us draw from such passages as the foregoing, those lessons of humility and trust in God which they convey. If we believe the word of God, we may know how it will be with the righteous and the wicked to all eternity. We may learn how to escape the wrath to come, to glorify God, to have peace through life, hope in death, and everlasting happiness. Let us then stand aloof from all delusions.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Isaiah 47:7 in the original Hebrew

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וַתֹּ֣אמְרִ֔יva.Tom.Riand you saidH559
לְעוֹלָ֖םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
אֶהְיֶ֣ה'eh.YehI will beH1961
גְבָ֑רֶתge.Va.reta queenH1404
עַ֣ד'aduntilH5704
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
שַׂ֥מְתְּsamtyou putH7760
אֵ֙לֶּה֙'e.lehthese [things]H428
עַל\־'al-onH5921
לִבֵּ֔ךְli.Bekhheart yourH3820
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
זָכַ֖רְתְּza.Khartyou rememberedH2142
אַחֲרִיתָֽהּ\׃\ \ס'a.cha.ri.Tahoutcome itsH319

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 47:7

  • Deuteronomy 32:29

    O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

  • Isaiah 47:5

    Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

  • Jeremiah 5:31

    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

  • Isaiah 46:8-9

    Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

  • Ezekiel 7:3-9

    Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. …

  • Ezekiel 28:12-14

    Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

  • Daniel 5:18-23

    O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. …

  • Daniel 4:29

    At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.

  • Ezekiel 29:3

    Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

  • Ezekiel 28:2

    Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

  • Isaiah 42:25

    Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

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thou saidst.
5; Eze 28:2,12-14; 29:3; Da 4:29; 5:18-23
so that.
46:8,9; De 32:29; Jer 5:31; Eze 7:3-9

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Context

  • Isaiah 47:6

    I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

  • Isaiah 47:7

    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.

  • Isaiah 47:8

    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:

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Isaiah 47:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dijiste: Para siempre seré señora: y no has pensado en esto, ni te acordaste de tu postrimería.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et tu as dit: Je serai maîtresse pour toujours,… jusqu’à ne point prendre ces choses à cœur: tu ne t’es pas souvenue de ce qui en serait la fin.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und du sprachst: In Ewigkeit werde ich Herrin sein! so daß du dir dieses nicht zu Herzen nahmst, das Ende davon nicht bedachtest.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixisti: In sempiternum ero domina. Non posuisti hæc super cor tuum, neque recordata es novissimi tui.