Isaiah 32:9
New International Version
You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!

New Living Translation
Listen, you women who lie around in ease. Listen to me, you who are so smug.

English Standard Version
Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.

Berean Standard Bible
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

King James Bible
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

New King James Version
Rise up, you women who are at ease, Hear my voice; You complacent daughters, Give ear to my speech.

New American Standard Bible
Rise up, you women who are at ease, And hear my voice; Listen to my word, You complacent daughters.

NASB 1995
Rise up, you women who are at ease, And hear my voice; Give ear to my word, You complacent daughters.

NASB 1977
Rise up you women who are at ease, And hear my voice; Give ear to my word, You complacent daughters.

Legacy Standard Bible
Rise up, you women who are at ease, And hear my voice; Give ear to my word, You complacent daughters.

Amplified Bible
Rise up, you women who are carefree, And hear my voice, You confident and unsuspecting daughters! Listen to what I am saying.

Christian Standard Bible
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Pay attention to what I say, you overconfident daughters.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Pay attention to what I say, you overconfident daughters.

American Standard Version
Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.

Contemporary English Version
Listen to what I say, you women who are carefree and careless!

English Revised Version
Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Get up, and listen to me, you pampered women. Hear what I say, you overconfident daughters.

Good News Translation
You women who live an easy life, free from worries, listen to what I am saying.

International Standard Version
"As for you ladies of leisure— Get up and listen to my voice! You daughters who feel so complacent— hear what I have to say!

Majority Standard Bible
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

NET Bible
You complacent women, get up and listen to me! You carefree daughters, pay attention to what I say!

New Heart English Bible
Rise up, you women who are at ease. Hear my voice. You careless daughters, give ear to my speech.

Webster's Bible Translation
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear to my speech.

World English Bible
Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, "" Daughters, confident ones, give ear [to] my saying,

Young's Literal Translation
Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear to my saying,

Smith's Literal Translation
Rise up, ye careless women; hear my voice, ye confident daughters; give ear to my word.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You opulent women, rise up and listen to my voice! O confident daughters, play close attention to my eloquence!

New American Bible
You women so complacent, rise up and hear my voice, daughters so confident, give heed to my words.

New Revised Standard Version
Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, listen to my speech.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Rise up, O you rich women; hear my voice, O you daughters that publish glad tidings, give ear to my speech.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Rich women, arise, hear my voice! Daughters who tell good news, incline to my words!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; Ye confident daughters, give ear unto my speech.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice; ye confident daughters, hearken to my words.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Women of Jerusalem
9Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters. 10In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.…

Cross References
Amos 6:1
Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.

Zephaniah 1:12
And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’

Luke 12:19-20
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ / But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

Revelation 3:17
You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

Proverbs 1:32
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Jeremiah 48:11
Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.

Ezekiel 16:49
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.

1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Amos 4:1
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

Matthew 24:48-51
But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’ / And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. / The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. ...

Isaiah 3:16-17
The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— / the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”

James 5:5
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

Zechariah 7:11-12
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

1 Timothy 5:6
But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

Isaiah 47:8
So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’


Treasury of Scripture

Rise up, you women that are at ease; hear my voice, you careless daughters; give ear to my speech.

ye women

Isaiah 3:16
Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

Isaiah 47:7,8
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…

Deuteronomy 28:56
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

give ear

Isaiah 28:23
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

Judges 9:7
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

Psalm 49:1,2
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: …

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Stand up
The phrase "Stand up" is a call to action, urging the women to rise from their state of inactivity or indifference. In the Hebrew context, the word used here can imply taking a position of readiness or alertness. This is a spiritual awakening, a call to be vigilant and prepared for what is to come. Historically, this reflects the urgency of the prophet's message, as complacency can lead to spiritual and moral decay.

you complacent women
The term "complacent" refers to a false sense of security and self-satisfaction. In the Hebrew, it suggests a careless ease, a lack of concern for the spiritual and moral state of the nation. This complacency is dangerous, as it blinds individuals to the impending judgment and the need for repentance. The women addressed here symbolize a broader societal attitude, highlighting the need for awareness and change.

listen to me
"Listen to me" is an imperative that emphasizes the importance of heeding the prophet's words. In the Hebrew tradition, listening is not merely hearing but involves understanding and acting upon what is heard. This call to listen is a plea for the people to pay attention to divine instruction and to align their lives with God's will.

Give ear to my word
The phrase "Give ear" is a poetic way of saying "pay close attention." It is a call to focus intently on the message being delivered. The "word" here refers to the prophetic message, which carries the authority of God. In the biblical context, giving ear to God's word is essential for guidance, correction, and hope.

you overconfident daughters
The term "overconfident" suggests an unwarranted assurance in one's own strength or position. In Hebrew, it conveys a sense of arrogance or presumption. The "daughters" symbolize the people of Judah, who have placed their trust in their own abilities or in false securities rather than in God. This overconfidence is a warning against pride and self-reliance, urging a return to humility and dependence on the Lord.

(9) Rise up, ye women that are at ease . . .--The beginning of a new section, probably a distinct sermon, or, as it were, pamphlet, against the evils of which the prophet had spoken in Isaiah 2:16-22, and which continued, it would seem, unabated, in spite of Hezekiah's reformation. It probably finds a place here as painting the harem influence, which then, as in the policy of modern Eastern monarchies, Constantinople and elsewhere, lay behind the counsels of the king and his ministers. The whole tone is that of invective against the women of the pseudo-aristocracy that had been covertly attacked in the preceding verses.

Give ear unto my speech . . .--Another echo of the teaching of the Proverbs (Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 4:1; Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 6:20.) . . .

Verses 9-12. - A REBUKE OF THE WOMEN. It might seem at first sight as if we had here a detached utterance of the prophet, accidentally conjoined with the preceding passage (vers. 1-8). But vers. 15-18 furnish a link of connection between the two portions of the chapter, and make it probable that they were delivered at the same time. Mr. Cheyne supposes that the indifference of a knot of women, gathered at some little distance from the men to whom Isaiah had addressed vers. 1-8, provoked the prophet suddenly to turn to them, and speak to them in terms of warning. Verse 9. - Rise up. The "careless daughters" are sitting, or reclining upon couches, at their ease. The prophet bids them stand up, to hear a message from God (comp. Judges 3:10). Ye women that are at ease; i.e. "that are self-satisfied and self-complacent." The word employed has almost always a bad sense (see 2 Kings 19:28; Job 12:5; Psalm 123:4; Amos 6:1; Zechariah 1:15). Hear my voice. This clause should be attached to the first half of the verse. The order of the words in the original is, "Ye women that are at ease, rise up and hear my words; ye careless daughters, hearken unto my speech."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Stand up,
קֹ֖מְנָה (qō·mə·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine plural
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

you complacent
שַֽׁאֲנַנּ֔וֹת (ša·’ă·nan·nō·wṯ)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7600: Secure, haughty

women;
נָשִׁים֙ (nā·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

listen to me.
שְׁמַ֣עְנָה (šə·ma‘·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

Give ear
הַאְזֵ֖נָּה (ha’·zên·nāh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine plural
Strong's 238: To broaden out the ear, to listen

to my word,
אִמְרָתִֽי׃ (’im·rā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 565: Utterance, speech, word

you overconfident
בֹּֽטח֔וֹת (bō·ṭ·ḥō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure

daughters.
בָּנוֹת֙ (bā·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1323: A daughter


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