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.
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.
- BSB You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 32:29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- Isa 47:5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
- Jer 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
- Dan 4:29At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
- Dan 5:18–23O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
- Ezek 29:3Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
- Ezek 7:3–9Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.
- Ezek 28:2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
- Ezek 28:12–14Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
- Isa 42:25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
- Isa 46:8–9Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
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