Isa 47:9 | NET2full | STEP | Both of these will come upon you suddenly , in one day ! You will lose your children and be widowed . You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies , despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets .

‏ Isaiah 47:9

9 Both of these will come upon you
suddenly, in one day!
You will lose your children and be widowed. ^{▼▼tn Heb “loss of children and widowhood.” In the Hebrew text the phrase is in apposition to “both of these” in line 1.}
You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, ^{▼▼tn Heb “according to their fullness, they will come upon you.”}
despite ^{▼▼tn For other examples of the preposition bet (בְּ) having the sense of “although, despite,” see BDB 90 s.v. III.7.} your many incantations
and your numerous amulets. ^{▼▼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.}