Isa 47:8 | TNotes | STEP | 47:8 I am the only one, and there is no other: This was a claim to divinity (cp. 45:5 ; 47:10 ). Only the Lord can make such a claim. For any created thing, including a nation, to utter this is the height of hubris. • To be a widow or to lose one’s children was a disgrace.

‏ Isaiah 47:8

47:8 ^a I am the only one, and there is no other: This was a claim to divinity (cp. 45:5 ^b; 47:10 ^c). Only the Lord can make such a claim. For any created thing, including a nation, to utter this is the height of hubris.

• To be a widow or to lose one’s children was a disgrace.