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

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Bible References

Thou hast trusted

Because ye have said - We have solemnised a covenant with death, And with hades, have we effected a vision, - The overflowing scourge when it sweepeth by, shall not reach unto us, For we have made lying our refuge. And in falsehood, have we hid ourselves,

None, sueth in righteousness, and None, pleadeth in faithfulness, - Men are trusting in confusion, And speaking vanity, Conceiving wickedness And bringing forth iniquity:

Lo! the man who made not God his refuge, - But trusted in the abundance of his riches, Emboldened himself in his wealth!

Surely, vanity, are men of low degree, Deception, men of high degree, - In the balances, they go up, They, are made of vanity, altogether.

Thou hast said

Alas! for them who would fain have been too deep for Yahweh by giving secret counsel, - and therefore in the dark, have been their doings, and they have said Who can see us? and - Who can understand us?

Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge?

He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten, - He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!

They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?

Yet have they said - Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.

No man, hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit, and, none, hath power over the day of death, and there is no furlough in war, - neither shall lawlessness deliver them who are given thereto.

Can any hide himself in secret places that I, shall not see him? Demandeth Yahweh, - The heavens and the earth, do I not fill? Demandeth Yahweh.

Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen Son of man what the elders of the house of Israel, are doing in the dark, every man in his image-chambers? for they are saying - Yahweh doth not see us! Yahweh hath forsaken the land!

And he said unto me the iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah, is exceeding, great, and the land is filled with shed blood, and the city is full of over-reaching, - for they have said. Yahweh hath forsaken the land, - and Yahweh doth not see.

Thy wisdom

Alas for them Who are wise in their own eyes, - And in their own sight, are prudent.

Son of man Say to the Prince of Tyre. Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh - Because lofty, is thy heart and thou hast said A GOD, am I, In the seat of God, have I taken my seat In the heart of the seas; Whereas thou art a man, and not a GOD, But hast set thy heart as the heart of God:

Professing to be wise, they were made foolish,

For it is written - I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and, the discernment of the discerning, will I set aside.

For, the wisdom of this world, is, foolishness with God; for it is written - He that taketh the wise in their knavery, -

I am

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.

General references

Every one found, shall be thrust through, - And, every one taken, shall fall by the sword;

Take thy stand, I pray thee, With thy spells. And with the throng of thine incantations wherein thou hast wearied thyself from thy youth, - Peradventure thou mayest be able to profit Peradventure thou mayest strike me with terror.

Professing to be wise, they were made foolish,

Whereas, now, are ye boasting in your pretensions: - All boasting like this, is, wicked,