Isaiah 47:8 Cross References - Rotherham

⁸ Now, therefore, hear this, Thou Lady of pleasure, Who dwelleth securely, Who saith in her heart,––I, [am,] and there is no one besides, I shall not sit a widow, Nor know loss of children.

⁷ So the five men went their way, and entered Laish,––and saw the people who were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quietly and securely, and there was no one to reproach them with anything in the land, none to possess himself of dominion, they being, far away, from the Zidonians, and having no dealings with any one.

²⁷ They, therefore, took what Micah had made, and the priest that he had, and came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword,––the city also, burned they with fire.

⁵ His ways are firm at all times, On high, are thy righteous regulations, out of his sight, As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them: ⁶ He hath said in his heart, I shall not be shaken,––From generation to generation, shall I be in no misfortune.

⁴ My heart fluttereth, A horror, terrifieth me,––My twilight of pleasure, hath he turned for me into a time of trembling. ⁵ [Ye thought] to prepare the table––spread the mat––eat––drink! . . . Arise, ye chieftains, anoint the shield!

¹² And, when My Lord Yahweh of hosts called, in that day,––for weeping, and for lamentation, and for shaving bare, and for girding with sackcloth, ¹³ Then lo! joy and rejoicing, killing oxen, and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine,––Let us eat and drink, For, tomorrow, we may die!

⁹ Ye women in comfort! arise, hear my voice, Ye daughters so confident, give ear to my speech:––

⁶ That men may get to know, From the rising of the sun, And from the west, That there is none besides me,––I, am Yahweh, and there is none, else:

¹⁸ For, Thus, saith Yahweh, Who created the heavens, God himself, Who fashioned the earth––And made it, Himself, established it, . . . Not a waste, created he it, To be dwelt in, he fashioned it, . . . . I, am Yahweh, and there is none else:

¹⁰ And so thou didst trust in thy wickedness, Thou saidst, no one, seeth me, Thy wisdom and knowledge, the same, seduced thee,––Therefore saidst thou in thy heart, I, [am,] and there is no one besides.

¹¹ Because they used to be glad, Because they used to be uproarious, When plundering mine inheritance,––Because they used to caper about as a heifer at grass, And bellow like bulls.

³¹ Behold me! against thee, most insolent one, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh of hosts; For thy day, hath come, Thy time for punishment; ³² So shall the most insolent one stumble, and fall, And he shall have none, to lift him up,––And I will kindle a fire in his cities, which shall devour all who are round about him.

⁵³ Though Babylon should mount, the heavens, And though she should fortify her strong high–place, From me, should come spoilers unto her, Declareth Yahweh.

²² Thyself, it is, O king, in that thou art grown, and become strong,––and, thy greatness hath grown, and reached to the heavens, and, thy dominion, to the end of the earth.

³⁰ the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great,––which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity of my majesty?

¹ Belshazzar the king, made a great feast, to a thousand of his nobles,––and, before the thousand, was drinking, wine. ² Belshazzar, gave word, at the flavour of the wine, to bring the vessels of gold and silver, which Nebuchadnezzar his father, had brought forth, out of the temple which was in Jerusalem,––that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink therein. ³ Then brought they the vessels of gold which had been taken out of the temple of the house of God, which was in Jerusalem,––and the king and his nobles, his wives and, his concubines, drank therein: ⁴ they drank wine,––and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.

²³ but, against the Lord of the heavens, hast uplifted thyself, and, the vessels of his house, have they brought before thee, and, thou, and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have been drinking, wine, therein, and, gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which see not nor hear nor know, hast thou praised,––whereas, God, in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all thy ways, him, hast thou not glorified.

³⁰ In that night, was slain––Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldeans.

³⁶ And the king, will do according to his own pleasure, and will exalt himself, and magnify himself against every GOD, yea, against the GOD of GODS, will he speak wonderful things,––and will succeed, until exhausted is the indignation, for, what is decreed, must be done;

¹⁰ Though they were like thorns intertwined, and as drunkards drenched with their drink, yet have they been devoured, like stubble fully dry.

⁵ Moreover also, when wine betrayeth, a man, is arrogant, and findeth no rest,––because he hath enlarged, like hades, his desire, yea, he, is like death, and cannot be satisfied,––but hath gathered unto himself, all the nations, and assembled unto himself, all the peoples. ⁶ Shall not, these, all of them, against him, take up––a taunt, a mocking poem, enigmatical sentences––concerning him? And say––Alas! for him who maketh abundance in what is not his own, How long? that he should be burdening himself with heavy debts? ⁷ Will not thy creditors, suddenly rise up? and they who shall violently shake thee, all at once become active? Then shalt thou serve for booties, unto them! ⁸ Because, thou, hast plundered many nations, all the residue of the peoples, shall plunder thee,––for shedding Human blood, and doing violence to the earth, to the city, and to all who dwell therein.

¹⁵ This, is the city exultant, that sat secure, that said in her heart, I, [am]! and no one besides! How hath she become a desolation! a lair of beasts, every one passing, by her doth hiss, shaketh his hand.

¹⁸ And he said––This, will I do,––I will pull down my barns, and, greater ones, build, and gather, there, all my wheat and good things; ¹⁹ and will say to my soul––Soul! thou hast many good things [lying by for many years: be taking thy rest, eat, drink,] be making merry! ²⁰ But God said unto him––Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

²⁷ They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage,––until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. ²⁸ In like manner, as it came to pass in the days of Lot, They were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building,–– ²⁹ But, on the day Lot came out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:––

⁴ The one who opposeth and exalteth himself on high against every one called God, or an object of worship; so that he, within the sanctuary of God, shall take his seat, showeth himself forth, that he is, God:––

³ Because, by reason [of the wine] of the wrath of her lewdness, have all the nations fallen, and, the kings of the earth, with her, did commit lewdness, and, the merchants of the earth, by reason of the power of her wantonness, waxed rich. ⁴ And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying––Come forth, my people, out of her,––that ye may have no fellowship with her sins, and, of her plagues, that ye may not receive; ⁵ because her sins were joined together as far as heaven, and God hath remembered her unrighteous deeds. ⁶ Render ye unto her, as, she also, rendered, and double [the] double, according to her works,––in the cup wherein she mixed, mix, unto her, double,–– ⁷ As much as she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give, unto her, torment and grief:––because, in her heart, she saith––I sit a Queen, and, widow, am I not, and, grief, in nowise shall I see! ⁸ Therefore, in one day, shall have come her plagues,––death and grief and famine; and, with fire, shall she be burned up; ––because, mighty, is the [Lord] God who hath judged her.