The only time I find the word Lady in the OT is in Isaiah chapter 47.
Interesting..
1Pe 5:13
The
church that is at Babylon, elected together with
you, saluteth you; and
so doth Marcus my son.
Isa 47:1
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground:
there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Isa 47:2
Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
Isa 47:3
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet
thee as a man.
Isa 47:4
As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts
is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 47:5
Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
Isa 47:6
I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
Isa 47:7
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.
Isa 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:
Isa 47:9
But these two
things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries,
and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
Isa 47:10
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I
am, and none else beside me.
Isa 47:11
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly,
which thou shalt not know.
Isa 47:12
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
Isa 47:13
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from
these things that shall come upon thee.
Isa 47:14
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame:
there shall not
be a coal to warm at,
nor fire to sit before it.
Isa 47:15
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured,
even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
Rev 14:8
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Rev 16:19
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Rev 17:5
And upon her forehead
was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Rev 18:2
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Rev 12:3
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Rev 12:4
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Rev 12:5
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and
to his throne.
Rev 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred
and threescore days.
Isa 23:13
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not,
till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof;
and he brought it to ruin.
Luk 2:15
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Luk 2:16
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Luk 2:17
And when they had seen
it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
Luk 2:18
And all they that heard
it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
Luk 2:19
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered
them in her heart.
Isa 47:7
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.
2Jo 1:1
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
2Jo 1:2
For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
Isa 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:
Zep 2:15
This
is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I
am, and
there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss,
and wag his hand.
just thinking..
hugs
