Isaiah 47:12-15
Lexham English Bible
12 Stand, now, in your enchantments,
and in your many sorceries with which you have labored from your youth.
Perhaps you may be able to benefit;
perhaps you may scare away.[a]
13 You struggle with your many consultations;[b]
let them stand, now, and save you—
those who see the stars, divide the celestial sphere,[c]
who inform by new moons—
from those things that are coming upon you.
14 Look! They are like stubble;
the fire burns them completely.
They cannot deliver themselves[d] from the power[e] of the flame;
there is no coal for warming oneself,[f]
no fire before which to sit.
15 So are to you those with whom you have labored,
your traders from your youth.
They wander, each to his side;
there is no one who can save you.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 47:12 Literally “terrify”
- Isaiah 47:13 Or “advice”
- Isaiah 47:13 Literally “heavens,” that is, for astrology
- Isaiah 47:14 Literally “their lives”
- Isaiah 47:14 Literally “hand”
- Isaiah 47:14 Literally “to grow warm”
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.
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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 47:15 Lit side, region
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