Isaiah 32:9
7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
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
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:16
Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
Read in contextMatthew 13:9
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Read in contextAmos 6:1–6
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
Read in contextJeremiah 48:11–12
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
Read in contextLamentations 4:5
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:2–6
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
Read in contextPsalms 49:1–2
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
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