Isaiah 32:9

Isaiah 32:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
• New International Version (NIV)You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Rise up, you women who are at ease, Hear my voice; You complacent daughters, Give ear to my speech.

Context of Isaiah 32:9

7Cruel people do evil things to deceive others. They think of ways that they can cheat their friends. They tell lies to give trouble to poor people. So poor people do not receive the justice that they deserve. 8But good people think of ways that they can be kind to others. They do the good things that they have decided to do. You women, listen carefully to what I say to you! You think that you have no problems. You feel very safe. But listen to me! 10Now, you think that you are safe, but in one year's time, you will shake with fear. There will be no grapes at harvest time. You will pick no fruit from your trees. 11You think that you have no problems, but you should be afraid. Yes, shake with fear! Take off all your beautiful clothes. Tie rough cloth round your legs instead.

Isaiah 32:9 word by word

נָשִׁים֙ שַֽׁאֲנַנּ֔וֹת קֹ֖מְנָה שְׁמַ֣עְנָה קוֹלִ֑י בָּנוֹת֙ בֹּֽטח֔וֹת הַאְזֵ֖נָּה אִמְרָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Rise upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• ye womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• that are at easeשַׁאֲנָןsha'ănân · secureH7600
• hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• my voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• ye carelessבָּטַחbâţach · to trustH982
• daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• give earאָזַן'âzan · to listenH238
• unto my speechאִמְרָה'imrâh 'emrâh · wordH565

Cross-references for Isaiah 32:9

• Isaiah 3:16The Lord says, ‘Zion's women are very proud. They walk with their heads up high. They turn their eyes towards the men and they have no shame. They like the men to look at them. They walk with small steps so that the rings on their ankles make a nice sound.
• Isaiah 47:7You boasted, “I will rule other nations as queen for ever!” But you did not think about what you were doing. You did not think about what would happen in the end.
• Deuteronomy 28:56Even the best and kindest woman among you will turn against the husband that she loves. She will turn against her sons and daughters. She has been rich enough to have everything that she needs.
• Jeremiah 6:2Jerusalem is a beautiful city, like a daughter that I love. She cannot protect herself, and I will destroy her.
• Jeremiah 48:11The Lord said, ‘Moab's people have lived in peace since they first became a nation. No enemy has taken them away to a foreign land as their prisoners. They have been like the wine in a bottle that nobody has moved. Nobody has poured it into another bottle, so its taste and smell have never changed. Moab has always been the same.
• Lamentations 4:5There are people here who had been very rich. They ate the best foods, but now they are hungry. Now they lie in the streets with nothing to eat. They wore the best clothes, but now they sit in the ashes.
• Amos 6:1Trouble is coming to you people who live in Zion and on Samaria's hill. You think that you are safe. You think that you are important people who live in the best nation on earth. Israelite people respect you as their leaders.
• Isaiah 28:23So listen carefully to my message. Hear what I am saying!
• Judges 9:7When Jotham heard the news of what had happened, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim. He stood there and he shouted to the people, ‘Leaders of Shechem, listen to me! Then perhaps God will listen to you.
• Psalms 49:1Listen to this, people from every nation. Yes, listen carefully, everyone who lives in this world!
• Matthew 13:9Then Jesus said to the crowd, ‘You have ears, so listen well to what I say!’

Commentaries on Isaiah 32:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Rise 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Rise up … - Rosenmuller supposes that this commences a new vision or prophecy; and that the former part Isaiah 32:9-14 refers to the desolation of Judea by the invasion of Sennacherib, and the latter Isaiah 32:15-20 to the prosperity which would succeed that invasion. It cannot be doubted that this is the general reference of the passage, but there does not seem to be a necessity of making a division here. The entire prophecy, including the whole chapter…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-20Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The women of Jerusalem live comfortably. They rely on wealth and status to keep their lifestyle, despite having low morals.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-209-20. 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.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 32:9

• Church
• Impenitence
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Women
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Churl
• Reign
• Careless; Carelessly
• Ease
• Isaiah
• Relationships, Family

Commentaries on Isaiah 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings