Isaiah 47:8

Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

Hear now this, thou (that art) given to pleasures - (note, .) In no city were there so many incentives to licentiousness.

That sayest in thine heart, I (am), and none else besides me - (.) Language of blasphemous arrogance in man's mouth; fitting for God alone (). See , latter part.

I shall not sit (as) a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children. A state, represented as a female, when it has fallen, is called a widow, because its king is no more; and childless, because it has no inhabitants, they having been carried off as captives (; ; Isaiah 54:4; Revelation 18:7).