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Isaiah 47:13-15

King James Version (KJV)

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13. 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. 14. Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: [there shall] not [be] a coal to warm at, [nor] fire to sit before it. 15. Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

Isaiah 47:13-15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 47:13

Theological / Devotional

Astrologers. Literally, “dividers of the heavens.” Astrology, though not yet well-developed, was important in ancient Babylon. The heavens were carefully studied for portents of coming events. But the labors of Babylonian stargazers were to no purpose. Isaiah challenges the Babylonian wise men to continue with their practice of the occult arts and find out for themselves what advantage it might bring them at the hour of doom the Lord had foretold.

Monthly prognosticators. Literally, “the ones who cause to know [the times of] the new moons,” a branch of the ancient science of astronomy.

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