Isaiah 47:13
English Standard Version
13 You are wearied with your many counsels;
let them stand forth and save you,
(A)those who divide the heavens,
who gaze at the stars,
who at the new moons make known
what shall come upon you.
Isaiah 44:25
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25 who frustrates the signs of liars
and makes fools of diviners,
(A)who turns wise men back
and makes their knowledge foolish,
Daniel 2:2-10
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2 Then the king commanded that (A)the magicians, (B)the enchanters, the (C)sorcerers, and (D)the Chaldeans be summoned to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and (E)stood before the king. 3 And the king said to them, “I had a dream, and (F)my spirit is troubled to know the dream.” 4 Then (G)the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic,[a] (H)“O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.” 5 The king answered and said to (I)the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be (J)torn limb from limb, (K)and your (L)houses shall be laid in ruins. 6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, (M)you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. (N)Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.” 7 They answered a second time and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show its interpretation.” 8 The king answered and said, “I know with certainty that you are trying to (O)gain time, because you see that the word from me is firm— 9 if you do not make the dream known to me, (P)there is but one sentence for you. You have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words before me till (Q)the times change. (R)Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.” 10 (S)The Chaldeans answered the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who can meet the king's demand, for no great and powerful king has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or (T)Chaldean.
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- Daniel 2:4 The text from this point to the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic
Ezekiel 24:12
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12 (A)She has wearied herself with toil;[a] its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion!
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- Ezekiel 24:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Jeremiah 51:58
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58 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
The broad (A)wall of Babylon
shall be leveled to the ground,
(B)and her high gates
shall be burned with fire.
(C)The peoples labor for nothing,
and (D)the nations weary themselves only for fire.”
Isaiah 57:10
English Standard Version
10 You were wearied with the length of your way,
(A)but you did not say, “It is hopeless”;
you found new life for your strength,
and so you were not faint.[a]
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- Isaiah 57:10 Hebrew and so you were not sick
Habakkuk 2:13
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13 Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
that (A)peoples labor merely for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nothing?
Daniel 5:30
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30 (A)That very night (B)Belshazzar the (C)Chaldean king was killed.
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Daniel 5:15-16
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15 Now (A)the wise men, the (B)enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but (C)they could not show the interpretation of the matter. 16 (D)But I have heard that you can give interpretations and (E)solve problems. (F)Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, (G)you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and (H)shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
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Daniel 5:7-8
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7 (A)The king called loudly to bring in (B)the enchanters, the (C)Chaldeans, and (D)the astrologers. The king declared[a] to the wise men of Babylon, (E)“Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and (F)shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” 8 Then all the king's wise men came in, but (G)they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation.
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- Daniel 5:7 Aramaic answered and said; also verse 10
Isaiah 47:15
English Standard Version
15 Such to you are those with whom you have labored,
who have done business with you from your youth;
they wander about, each in his own direction;
there is no one to save you.
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