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.
13 You 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.
14 Behold, 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!
15 So 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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  1. Isaiah 47:15 Lit side, region

12 Stand fast in your enchantments
    and your many sorceries,
    with which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
    perhaps you may inspire terror.(A)
13 You are wearied with your many consultations;
    let those who study[a] the heavens
stand up and save you,
    those who gaze at the stars
and at each new moon predict
    what[b] shall befall you.(B)

14 See, they are like stubble;
    the fire consumes them;
they cannot deliver themselves
    from the power of the flame.
No coal for warming oneself is this,
    no fire to sit before!(C)
15 Such to you are those with whom you have labored,
    who have trafficked with you from your youth;
they all wander about in their own paths;
    there is no one to save you.(D)

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  1. 47.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 47.13 Gk Syr Compare Vg: Heb from what