Isaiah 47:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘So now hear this, lover of luxury, who sits securely, who says to herself, “I am, and there is no one else. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.”

Cross References

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the jubilant   city that lives in security, that says 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 scoffs  and shakes his fist.

Isaiah 32:9

Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Pay attention to what I say, you overconfident daughters.

Jeremiah 50:11

Because you rejoice, because you celebrate – you who plundered my inheritance – because you frolic like a young cow treading grain and neigh like stallions,

Isaiah 47:10

You were secure in your wickedness; you said, “No one sees me.” Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray. You said to yourself, “I am, and there is no one else.”

Isaiah 45:6

so that all may know from the rising of the sun to its setting that there is no one but me. I am the Lord, and there is no other.

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 temple, proclaiming that he himself is God.

Nahum 1:10

For they will be consumed like entangled thorns, like the drink of a drunkard and like straw that is fully dry.

Daniel 11:36

‘Then the king will do whatever he wants.  He will exalt and magnify himself above every god,  and he will say outrageous things against the God of gods.  He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed,  because what has been decreed will be accomplished.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed,

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of the heavens. The vessels from his house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them,  you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand.  But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in his hand and who controls the whole course of your life.  ,

Daniel 4:30

the king exclaimed, ‘Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built to be a royal residence by my vast power and for my majestic glory? ’

Daniel 4:22

that tree is you, Your Majesty. For you have become great and strong: your greatness has grown and even reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.

Jeremiah 51:53

Even if Babylon should ascend to the heavens and fortify her tall fortresses, destroyers will come against her from me. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Isaiah 45:18

For this is what the  Lord  says – the Creator of the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, the one who established it (he did not create it to be a wasteland, but formed it to be inhabited)   – he says, ‘I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Judges 18:27

After they had taken the gods Micah had made and the priest that belonged to him, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people. They killed them with their swords and burned the city.

Judges 18:7

The five men left and came to Laish. They saw that the people who were there were living securely, in the same way as the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking  in the land and no oppressive ruler. They were far from the Sidonians, having no alliance with anyone.

Isaiah 14:14

I will ascend above the highest clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’

Isaiah 32:11

Shudder, you complacent ones; tremble, you overconfident ones! Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth round your waists.

Isaiah 45:5

I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me. I will strengthen  you, though you do not know me,

Jeremiah 49:31

Rise up, attack a nation at ease, one living in security. This is the  Lord’s declaration. They have no doors, not even a gate bar; they live alone.

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.

Ezekiel 30:9

On that day, messengers will go out from me in ships  to terrify confident Cush. Anguish will come over them on the day of Egypt’s doom.  For indeed it is coming.

Daniel 4:4

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.

Ezekiel 16:49

Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had pride, plenty of food,  and comfortable security, but didn’t support  the poor and needy.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, may my advice seem good to you, my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right,  and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy.  Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.’

Nahum 3:4

Because of the continual prostitution of the prostitute, the attractive mistress of sorcery, who treats nations and clans like merchandise by her prostitution and sorcery,

Habakkuk 1:7

They are fierce  and terrifying; their views of justice and sovereignty stem from themselves.