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 call doth the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth,
Isaiah 47:1
Come down, and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the earth, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, 'O tender and delicate one.'
Ezekiel 28:2
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,
Zephaniah 2:15
This is the exulting city that is dwelling confidently, That is saying in her heart, 'I am, and beside me there is none,' How hath she been for a desolation, A crouching-place for beasts, Every one passing by her doth hiss, He doth shake his hand!
2 Thessalonians 2:4
who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God -- the day doth not come.
I sit
Psalm 45:9
Daughters of kings are among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.
Jeremiah 13:18
Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low -- sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.
No widow
Isaiah 47:7
And thou sayest, 'To the age I am mistress,' While thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, Thou hast not remembered the latter end of it.
Lamentations 1:1
How hath she sat alone, The city abounding with people! She hath been as a widow, The mighty among nations! Princes among provinces, She hath become tributary!
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Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.
Zechariah 1:15
And with great wrath I am wroth against the nations who are at ease, For I was a little wroth, and they assisted -- for evil.
James 4:16
and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;