Isaiah 47:12-15

New American Standard Bible

¹²“Persist now in your ^(A)spells
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to benefit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.
¹³You are ^(B)wearied with your many counsels;
Let now the ^(C)astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and ^(D)save you from what will come upon you.
¹⁴Behold, they have become ^(E)like stubble,
^(F)Fire burns them;
They cannot save themselves from the power of the flame;
There will be ^(G)no coal to warm by
Nor a fire to sit before!
¹⁵So have those become to you with whom you have labored,
Those who have ^(H)done business with you from your youth;
Each has wandered in his own ^[a]way;
There is ^(I)no one to save you.

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Isaiah 47:12-15

New Living Translation

¹²“Now use your magical charms!
    Use the spells you have worked at all these years!
Maybe they will do you some good.
    Maybe they can make someone afraid of you.
¹³All the advice you receive has made you tired.
    Where are all your astrologers,
those stargazers who make predictions each month?
    Let them stand up and save you from what the future holds.
¹⁴But they are like straw burning in a fire;
    they cannot save themselves from the flame.
You will get no help from them at all;
    their hearth is no place to sit for warmth.
¹⁵And all your friends,
    those with whom you’ve done business since childhood,
will go their own ways,
    turning a deaf ear to your cries.

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Isaiah 47:12-15

New International Version

¹²“Keep on, then, with your magic spells
    and with your many sorceries,^(A)
    which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
    perhaps you will cause terror.
¹³All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!^(B)
    Let your astrologers^(C) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
    let them save^(D) you from what is coming upon you.
¹⁴Surely they are like stubble;^(E)
    the fire^(F) will burn them up.
They cannot even save themselves
    from the power of the flame.^(G)
These are not coals for warmth;
    this is not a fire to sit by.
¹⁵That is all they are to you—
    these you have dealt with
    and labored^(H) with since childhood.
All of them go on in their error;
    there is not one that can save^(I) you.