Isaiah 47:9

Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be widowed. ¹  You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, ²  despite ³  your many incantations and your numerous amulets. ⁴ 

Ru 1:5,20; Ps 73:19; Isa 13:19; Isa 13:20-22; Isa 14:22,23; Isa 47:12,13; Isa 51:18,19; Jer 51:29,62-64; Da 2:2; Da 4:7; Da 5:7; Na 3:4; Lu 7:12,13; 1Th 5:3; 2Th 2:9,10; Re 9:20,21; Re 18:8-10; Re 18:21-23; Re 18:23; Re 21:8; Re 22:15

¹ tn Heb “loss of children and widowhood.” In the Hebrew text the phrase is in apposition to “both of these” in line 1.

² tn Heb “according to their fullness, they will come upon you.”

³ tn For other examples of the preposition bet (בְּ) having the sense of “although, despite,” see BDB 90 s.v. III.7.

⁴ sn Reference is made to incantations and amulets, both of which were important in Mesopotamian religion. They were used to ward off danger and demons.