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
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Bible References
Much she
Isaiah 22:12
And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;
Isaiah 47:1
Come down and sit in the dust, virgin-daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas, (and thou art a man, and not God,) and thou settest thy heart as the heart of God:
Zephaniah 2:15
This is the rejoicing city that dwelt in security, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none else beside me: how is she become a desolation, a couching-place for beasts! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, shall wave his hand.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
I sit
Psalm 45:9
Kings' daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Jeremiah 13:18
Say unto the king and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down low; for from your heads shall come down the crown of your magnificence.
No widow
Isaiah 47:7
and thou saidst, I shall be a mistress for ever; so that thou didst not take these things to heart, thou didst not remember the end thereof.
Lamentations 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! She that was great among the nations is become as a widow; the princess among the provinces is become tributary!
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Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.
Zechariah 1:15
and I am wroth exceedingly with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little wroth, and they helped forward the affliction.
James 4:16
But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.