Isaiah 32:9
7 The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
8 But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
10 In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.
11 Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
- KJV
- Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
- WEB
- Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
- ASV
- Rise up, ye women that are at ease, [and] hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
- DARBY
- Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
- BLB
- Rise up O women at ease, hear my voice; O secure daughters, give ear to my word.
- ÅB
- Dere sorgløse kvinner, stå opp, hør min røst! Dere trygge døtre, vend deres ører til min tale!
- OTB
- Stå opp, dere kvinner som er selvtilfredse, og lytt til min røst; hør mine ord, dere døtre som føler dere trygge.
- B1930
- I sorgløse kvinner, stå op, hør min røst! I trygge døtre, vend eders ører til min tale!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 28:23
Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:16
The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
Read in contextMatthew 13:9
He who has ears, let him hear.”
Read in contextAmos 6:1–6
Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:11–12
Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
Read in contextLamentations 4:5
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:2–6
Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
Read in contextPsalms 49:1–2
Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
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