You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
Parallel translations
- WEB You said, ‘I will be a princess forever;’ so that you did not lay these things to your heart, nor did you remember the results.
- KJV And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
- NKJV And you said, ‘I shall be a lady forever,’ So that you did not take these things to heart, Nor remember the latter end of them.
- NASB “Yet you said, ‘I will be a queen forever.’ These things you did not consider Nor remember the outcome of them.
- NLT You said, ‘I will reign forever as queen of the world!’ You did not reflect on your actions or think about their consequences.
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Quick answer
Babylon presumed she would reign forever and never considered the consequences. Pride blinds people to coming judgment.
Overview
The city imagined her dominion eternal — 'I will be a princess forever' — and so never reckoned with the end of her ways. Her fatal flaw was self-secure presumption. Scripture consistently warns that those who say 'I will never be moved' are ripe for a fall, in contrast to humble dependence on God.
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Cross-references · 11
- Deut 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
- Isa 47:5“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
- Jer 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
- Dan 4:29Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
- Dan 5:18–23As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.
- Ezek 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
- Ezek 7:3–9The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
- Ezek 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that 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.
- Ezek 28:12–14“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
- Isa 42:25So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
- Isa 46:8–9Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!
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