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Isaiah 32:9
9You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Listen, you women who lie around in ease. Listen to me, you who are so smug.
Context of Isaiah 32:9
7Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just. 8But the noble make noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand. You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say! 10In little more than a year you who feel secure will tremble; the grape harvest will fail, and the harvest of fruit will not come. 11Tremble, you complacent women; shudder, you daughters who feel secure! Strip off your fine clothes and wrap yourselves in rags.
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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 haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, strutting along with swaying hips, with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
- Isaiah 47:7You said, ‘I am forever— the eternal queen!’ But you did not consider these things or reflect on what might happen.
- Deuteronomy 28:56The most gentle and sensitive woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter
- Jeremiah 6:2I will destroy Daughter Zion, so beautiful and delicate.
- Jeremiah 48:11“Moab has been at rest from youth, like wine left on its dregs, not poured from one jar to another— she has not gone into exile. So she tastes as she did, and her aroma is unchanged.
- Lamentations 4:5Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those brought up in royal purple now lie on ash heaps.
- Amos 6:1Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come!
- Isaiah 28:23Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say.
- Judges 9:7When Jotham was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, “Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.
- Psalms 49:1Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world,
- Matthew 13:9Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
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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