Isaiah 47:10

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Summary

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

Thou hast trusted

Thou hast said

Thy wisdom

1 Corinthians 3:19

I am

Isaiah 47:8

General references

Bible References

Thou hast trusted

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we are at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood we have hid ourselves:

No one calls for righteousness, nor do any judge by the truth; they trust in vanity, and speak vanities; they conceive trouble and bring forth iniquity.

Behold, this is the man that did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Surely the sons of Adam are vanity, and the sons of nobles are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Thou hast said

Woe unto those that hide themselves from the LORD, covering the counsel; and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?

And thou shalt say, What does God know? How can he judge through the darkness?

He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; he hides his face; he will never see it.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they attempt to hide the snares; they say, Who shall see them?

Yet they say, JAH shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death, and weapons are of no use in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

Can any hide himself in hiding places that I shall not see him? said the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? said the LORD.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the earth.

Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness, for they have said, The LORD has forsaken the earth, and the LORD does not see.

Thy wisdom

Woe unto those that are wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight!

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Because thy heart has lifted thee up and thou hast said, I am God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas (yet thou art man, and not God); and thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God:

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He takes the wise in their own craftiness.

I am

Therefore now hear this, thou delicate one, that dost sit in confidence and say in thine heart, I am, and no one else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I be fatherless.

General references

Every one that is found shall be thrust through, and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

Stand now with thine enchantments and with the multitude of thy sorceries in which thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to better thyself, if so be thou may prevail.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools

But now ye boast in your arrogance; all such glory is evil.