Isaiah 47:10-15

Living Bible

¹⁰ You felt secure in all your wickedness. “No one sees me,” you said. Your “wisdom” and “knowledge” have caused you to turn away from me and claim that you yourself are Jehovah. ¹¹ That is why disaster shall overtake you suddenly—so suddenly that you won’t know where it comes from. And there will be no atonement then to cleanse away your sins.

¹² Call out the demon hordes you’ve worshiped all these years. Call on them to help you strike deep terror into many hearts again. ¹³ You have advisors by the ton—your astrologers and stargazers, who try to tell you what the future holds. ¹⁴ But they are as useless as dried grass burning in the fire. They cannot even deliver themselves! You’ll get no help from them at all. Theirs is no fire to sit beside to make you warm! ¹⁵ And all your friends of childhood days shall slip away and disappear, unable to help.