Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
I sit
No widow
General references
Bible References
Much she
Isaiah 22:12 On that day the Lord God of Hosts
called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
called for weeping,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
Isaiah 47:1 “Go down and sit in the dust,
Virgin Daughter Babylon.
Sit on the ground without a throne,
Daughter Chaldea!
For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.
Virgin Daughter Babylon.
Sit on the ground without a throne,
Daughter Chaldea!
For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.
Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the Lord God says:
Your heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.
and you have said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.
Zephaniah 2:15 This is the self-assured city
that lives in security,
that thinks to herself:
I exist, and there is no one else.
What a desolation she has become,
a place for wild animals to lie down!
Everyone who passes by her
jeers and shakes his fist.
that lives in security,
that thinks to herself:
I exist, and there is no one else.
What a desolation she has become,
a place for wild animals to lie down!
Everyone who passes by her
jeers
2 Thessalonians 2:4
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God’s sanctuary, publicizing that he himself is God.
I sit
Psalm 45:9 Kings’ daughters are among your honored women;
the queen, adorned with gold from Ophir,
stands at your right hand.
the queen, adorned with gold from Ophir,
stands at your right hand.
Jeremiah 13:18 Say to the king and the queen mother:
Take a humble seat,
for your glorious crowns
have fallen from your heads.
Take a humble seat,
for your glorious crowns
have fallen from your heads.
No widow
Isaiah 47:7 You said, ‘I will be the mistress forever.’
You did not take these things to heart
or think about their outcome.
You did not take these things to heart
or think about their outcome.
Lamentations 1:1 How she sits alone,
the city once crowded with people!
She who was great among the nations
has become like a widow.
The princess among the provinces
has been put to forced labor.
the city
She who was great among the nations
has become like a widow.
The princess among the provinces
has been put to forced labor.
General references
Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter a heart may be sad,
and joy may end in grief.
and joy may end in grief.
Zechariah 1:15
I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made it worse.
James 4:16
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.