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So now, listen to this,
O one who lives so lavishly,[a]
who lives securely,
who says to herself,[b]
‘I am unique! No one can compare to me![c]
I will never have to live as a widow;
I will never lose my children.’[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 47:8 tn Or perhaps, “voluptuous one” (NAB); NAB “you sensual one”; NLT “You are a pleasure-crazy kingdom.”
  2. Isaiah 47:8 tn Heb “the one who says in her heart.”
  3. Isaiah 47:8 tn Heb “I [am], and besides me there is no other.” See Zeph 2:15.
  4. Isaiah 47:8 tn Heb “I will not live [as] a widow, and I will not know loss of children.”