Yesaya 29:21
Konteks29:21 those who bear false testimony against a person, 1
who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate 2
and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges. 3
Yesaya 47:9
Konteks47:9 Both of these will come upon you
suddenly, in one day!
You will lose your children and be widowed. 4
You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, 5
despite 6 your many incantations
and your numerous amulets. 7
Yesaya 48:5
Konteks48:5 I announced them to you beforehand;
before they happened, I predicted them for you,
so you could never say,
‘My image did these things,
my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’
[29:21] 1 tn Heb “the ones who make a man a sinner with a word.” The Hiphil of חָטָא (khata’) here has a delocutive sense: “declare a man sinful/guilty.”
[29:21] 2 sn Legal disputes were resolved at the city gate, where the town elders met. See Amos 5:10.
[29:21] 3 tn Heb “and deprive by emptiness the innocent.”
[47:9] 4 tn Heb “loss of children and widowhood.” In the Hebrew text the phrase is in apposition to “both of these” in line 1.
[47:9] 5 tn Heb “according to their fullness, they will come upon you.”
[47:9] 6 tn For other examples of the preposition bet (בְּ) having the sense of “although, despite,” see BDB 90 s.v. III.7.
[47:9] 7 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.