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 have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.'

There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.

'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

Only -- vanity are the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity are lighter.

Thou hast said

Woe to those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, 'Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

And thou hast said, 'What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'

They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'

There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.

Is any one hidden in secret places, And I see him not? an affirmation of Jehovah, Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? An affirmation of Jehovah.

And He saith unto me, 'Hast thou seen, son of man, that which elders of the house of Israel are doing in darkness, each in the inner chambers of his imagery, for they are saying, Jehovah is not seeing us, Jehovah hath forsaken the land?'

And He saith unto me, 'The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very very great, and the land is full of blood, and the city hath been full of perverseness, for they have said: Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah is not seeing.

Thy wisdom

Woe to the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent!

Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart hath been high, And thou dost say: A god I am, The habitation of God I have inhabited, In the heart of the seas, And thou art man, and not God, And thou givest out thy heart as the heart of God,

professing to be wise, they were made fools,

for it hath been written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;'

for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, 'Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'

I am

And now, hear this, O luxurious one, Who is sitting confidently -- Who is saying in her heart, 'I am, and none else, I sit not a widow, nor know bereavement.'

General references

Every one who is found is thrust through, And every one who is added falleth by sword.

Stand, I pray thee, in thy charms, And in the multitude of thy sorceries, In which thou hast laboured from thy youth, It may be thou art able to profit, It may be thou dost terrify!

professing to be wise, they were made fools,

and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;