Isaiah 47:9

But these two things shall overtake thee 1 in a rega (moment), in yom echad, 1 shechol (the loss of children), and almon (widowhood); 1 they shall come upon thee in their perfection 1 for the multitude of thy kashefanut (sorceries, witchcraft) 1 and for the otzmah (great abundance) of thine khavarim (spells, magic, enchantments). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8Therefore hear now this, O adinah (voluptuous, wanton one) 1 that dwellest lavetach (carelessly, in security), 1 that sayest in her lev: 1 I am, and none else besides me; 1 I shall not live as an almanah, 1 neither shall I know shechol (the loss of children, bereavement); 1

10For thou hast trusted in thy ra'ah (wickedness); 1 thou hast said: None seeth me. 1 Thy chochmah and thy da'as, 1 it hath perverted thee; 1 and thou hast said in thine lev: 1 I am, and none else beside me. 1

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Cross References

Ruth 1:20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, + 1:20 Pleasant call me Mara; + 1:20 Bitter for Shaddai hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Isaiah 13:18Their keshatot (bows) also shall tear ne'arim (young men) to pieces; 1 and they shall have no rachamim on the pri beten (fruit of the womb); 1 their eyes shall not pity banim. 1

Isaiah 47:12Stand now with thine khavarim (spells, magic, enchantments), 1 and with the multitude of thy kashefanut (sorceries, witchcraft) 1 wherein thou hast toiled from thy neurim; 1 perhaps thou shalt be able to succeed, 1 perhaps thou mayest cause terror. 1

Jeremiah 51:29And ha'aretz shall shake and tremble; 1 for every purpose of Hashem shall be performed against Bavel, 1 to make eretz Bavel a desolation without an inhabitant. 1

Daniel 2:2Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Kasdim (Chaldeans) for to show the king his chalomot. So they came and stood before the king.

Daniel 5:7The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Kasdim (Chaldeans), and the soothsayers. And the king spoke, and said to the chachamim of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this mikhtav (writing), and show me the pesher (interpretation, explanation) thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the malchut.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 47:8-15

Babylon Threatened. ( b. c. 708.) 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. 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: 9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come… Read the whole commentary →

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