Isaiah 47:13

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“You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you— your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.”

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BSBPD

“You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you— your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy counsels, Stand up, I pray thee, and save thee, Let the charmers of the heavens, Those looking on the stars, Those teaching concerning the months, From those things that come on thee!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 47:13 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 44:25who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
  2. Isaiah 47:15This is what they are to you— those with whom you have labored and traded from youth— each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.
  3. Isaiah 57:10You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
  4. Jeremiah 51:58This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
  5. Ezekiel 24:12It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
  6. Daniel 2:2So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,
  7. Daniel 5:7The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
  8. Daniel 5:15Now the wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this inscription and interpret it for me, but they could not give its interpretation.
  9. Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
  10. Habakkuk 2:13Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

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