New English Translation
Isaiah 32:9
9You complacent women, get up and listen to me! You carefree daughters, pay attention to what I say!
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
7A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right. 8An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security. You complacent women, get up and listen to me! You carefree daughters, pay attention to what I say! 10In a year’s time you carefree ones will shake with fear, for the grape harvest will fail, and the fruit harvest will not arrive. 11Tremble, you complacent ones! Shake with fear, you carefree ones! Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves – put sackcloth on your waist!
Read all of Isaiah 32Isaiah 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, “The women of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes. They skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.
- Isaiah 47:7You said, ‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.
- Deuteronomy 28:56Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,
- Jeremiah 6:2I will destroy Daughter Zion, who is as delicate and defenseless as a young maiden.
- Jeremiah 48:11“From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine which tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged.
- Lamentations 4:5Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage. ו (Vav)
- Amos 6:1Woe to those who live in ease in Zion, to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria. They think of themselves as the elite class of the best nation. The family of Israel looks to them for leadership.
- Isaiah 28:23Pay attention and listen to my message! Be attentive and listen to what I have to say!
- Judges 9:7When Jotham heard the news, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!
- Psalms 49:1Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world!
- Matthew 13:9The one who has ears had better listen!”
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
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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
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