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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jeremiah 13:18
Say to the king and the queen mother:
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.
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.

General references

Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter a heart may be sad,
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.

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