Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

Bible References

Much she

Isaiah 22:12
Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.
Isaiah 47:1
Come down and sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no longer be called tender and delicate.
Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Because your heart is lifted up
And you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a man and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—
Zephaniah 2:15
This is the exultant city
Which dwells securely,
Who says in her heart,
I am, and there is no one besides me.”
How she has become a desolation,
A resting place for beasts!
Everyone who passes by her will hiss
And wave his hand in contempt.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

I sit

Psalm 45:9
Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
Jeremiah 13:18
Say to the king and the queen mother,
Take a lowly seat,
For your beautiful crown
Has come down from your head.”

No widow

Isaiah 47:7
“Yet you said, ‘I will be a queen forever.’
These things you did not consider
Nor remember the outcome of them.
Lamentations 1:1
How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!
She has become like a widow
Who was once great among the nations!
She who was a princess among the provinces
Has become a forced laborer!

General references

Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the end of joy may be grief.
Zechariah 1:15
But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster.”
James 4:16
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.