Isaiah 47:9-11

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Isaiah 47:9 tn Heb “loss of children and widowhood.” In the Hebrew text the phrase is in apposition to “both of these” in line 1.
2. Isaiah 47:9 tn Heb “according to their fullness, they will come upon you.”
3. Isaiah 47:9 tn For other examples of the preposition bet (בְּ) having the sense of “although, despite,” see BDB 90 s.v. III.7.
4. Isaiah 47:9 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.
5. Isaiah 47:10 tn Heb “you trusted in your evil”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “wickedness.”
6. Isaiah 47:10 tn Or “said”; NAB “said to yourself”’ NASB “said in your heart.”
7. Isaiah 47:10 tn The words “self-professed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
8. Isaiah 47:10 tn See the note at v. 8.
9. Isaiah 47:11 tc The Hebrew text has שַׁחְרָהּ (shakhrah), which is either a suffixed noun (“its dawning,” i.e., origin) or infinitive (“to look early for it”). Some have suggested an emendation to שַׁחֲדָהּ (shakhadah), a suffixed infinitive from שָׁחַד (shakhad, “[how] to buy it off”; see BDB 1005 s.v. שָׁחַד). This forms a nice parallel with the following couplet. The above translation is based on a different etymology of the verb in question. HALOT 1466 s.v. III שׁחר references a verbal root with these letters (שׁחד) that refers to magical activity.
10. Isaiah 47:11 tn Heb “you will not know”; NIV “you cannot foresee.”