Isaiah 47:7

“And you said, ‘Forever I will be lady,’ to the point of not laying these things on your heart; you did not remember its end.”
Isaiah 47:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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And you said,וַתֹּאמְרִי‘ForeverלְעוֹלָםI will beאֶהְיֶהlady,’גְבָרֶתto the pointעַדof notלֹאlayingשַׂמְתְּthese thingsאֵלֶּהonעַלyour heart;לִבֵּךְyou did notלֹאrememberזָכַרְתְּits end.אַחֲרִיתָהּ

Allusion · Revelation 18:7

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Both texts put in Babylon’s mouth “I sit as a queen, I am not a widow.”

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

לִבֵּlibeH3820καρδίᾳkardiaiG2588“heart”
תֹּאמְרִיtomriH559λέγειlegeiG3004“say”
יּוֹשֶׁבֶתyoshevetH3427ΚάθημαιKathēmaiG2521“sit down; dwell”
אַלְמָנָהalmanaH490χήραchēraG5503“widow”

Isaiah 47:7, word by word

And you saidתֹּאמְרִיtomri

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “tomri” appears

‘Foreverעוֹלָםolam

forever

Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.

Where else “olam” appears

I will beאֶהְיֶהehye

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “ehye” appears

lady,’גְבָרֶתgevaret

mistress

Mistress: the lady who owns a female slave; also a queen.

Where else “gevaret” appears

layingשַׂמְתְּsamt

take to heart

"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.

Where else “samt” appears

your heartלִבֵּlibe

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “libe” appears

rememberזָכַרְתְּzachart

remember

To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.

Where else “zachart” appears

its endאַחֲרִיתָacharita

end

Where something ends, and how it ends.

Where else “acharita” appears

The context

6I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance, and I gave them into your hand; you showed them no compassion; on the old man you made your yoke very heavy.

7 · This verse (above)

8And now hear this, voluptuous one, who sits in security, who says in her heart, ‘I, and no one else; I will not sit as a widow, nor know loss of children.’

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