Isaiah 47:9 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 47:9

These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.

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ASV

but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, in the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

5 voices

Eusebius of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 2:32 (339)

And what follows describes very clearly the arrogance of the kingdom of the Chaldeans and the foolishness of their royal people, in such a way that they ascribed to themselves immortal power and an indestructible rule. However, suddenly you will experience a loss of men and the destruction of your children—that is, men to rule among you, and children meaning those to be ruled. These things will come at once upon you and reveal you abandoned and childless. This will affect you not only through these things proclaimed but also through the extent of sorceries and incantations.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is presumption to say of any creature, "It is, and there is not its like, there is none besides it" (for creatures stand very nearly upon a level with one another); but it is insufferable arrogance for any to say so of themselves, and an evidence of their self-ignorance.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Widowhood is not to them a calamity in perfection, for they have this to comfort themselves with, that their Maker is their husband; loss of children is not, for he is better to them than ten sons.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

"These evils shall come upon thee to punish thee for the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thy enchantments. " Witchcraft is a sin in its own nature exceedingly heinous; it is giving that honour to the devil which is due to God only, making God's enemy our guide and the father of lies our oracle.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

In a moment, in one day - This is designed, undoubtedly, to describe the suddenness with which Babylon would be destroyed. It would not decay slowly, and by natural causes, but it would not decay slowly, and by natural causes, but it would be suddenly and unexpectedly destroyed.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְתָבֹאנָה֩	ve.ta.vo.Nah	so they may come	H935 →
לָּ֨ךְ	lakh	to you
שְׁתֵּי־	she.tei-	both of	H8147 →
אֵ֥לֶּה	'E.leh	these [things]	H428 →
רֶ֛גַע	Re.ga'	a moment	H7281 →
בְּי֥וֹם	be.Yom	in a day	H3117 →
אֶחָ֖ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
שְׁכ֣וֹל	she.Khol	childlessness	H7908 →
וְאַלְמֹ֑ן	ve.'al.Mon	and widowhood	H489 →
כְּתֻמָּם֙	ke.tu.Mam	according to completeness their	H8537 →
בָּ֣אוּ	Ba.'u	they will come	H935 →
עָלַ֔יִךְ	'a.La.yikh	on you	H5921 →
בְּרֹ֣ב	be.Ro	in [the] abundance of	H7230 →
כְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְ	ke.sha.Fa.yikh	sorceries your	H3785 →
בְּעָצְמַ֥ת	be.'a.tze.Mat	in [the] power of	H6109 →
חֲבָרַ֖יִךְ	cha.va.Ra.yikh	spells your	H2267 →
מְאֹֽד׃	me.'Od	very many	H3966 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
leads to
- Luke 21:34–35
  But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Matthew 24:37–39
  As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- Luke 17:26–30
  Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- Revelation 18:7–8
  As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow…
- Psalms 73:18–20
  Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Through
Psalms 73:19
How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
leads to
- Isaiah 47:11
  But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly…
- Daniel 5:6
  his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
Through
Nahum 3:4
because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.
leads to
- Isaiah 47:12–13
  So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!

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Twelve constellation groupings; one biblical word (Job 38:32). Bullinger and Seiss read them as a gospel-arc; modern critics trace their figures to Albumazar, not Adam. The objections below are presented at full strength, and the founder's own slot on the page is his to fill.

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Where the connections lead

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Isaiah