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Isaiah 47:8

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47:8So now, listen to this,

O one who lives so lavishly,13

who lives securely,

who says to herself,14

‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!15

I will never have to live as a widow;

I will never lose my children.’16

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Footnotes

  1. 13 Or perhaps, “voluptuous one” (); “you sensual one”; “You are a pleasure-crazy kingdom.”
  2. 14 Heb “the one who says in her heart.”
  3. 15 Heb “I [am], and besides me there is no other.” See Zeph 2:15.
  4. 16 Heb “I will not live [as] a widow, and I will not know loss of children.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures,

who sit securely,

who say in your heart,

“I am, and there is no one besides me;

I shall not sit as a widow

or know the loss of children”:

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,

lounging in your security

and saying to yourself,

‘I am, and there is none besides me.

I will never be a widow

or suffer the loss of children.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“So now hear this, lover of luxury,

who sits securely,

who says to herself,

‘I am, and there is no one else.

I will never be a widow

or know the loss of children.’

NLTNew Living Translation

“Listen to this, you pleasure-loving kingdom,

living at ease and feeling secure.

You say, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other.

I will never be a widow or lose my children.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore now hear this, luxuriant one who sits in security,

who says in her heart, “I am, and besides me there is no one.

I shall not sit as a widow,

and I shall not know the loss of children.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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: