Focused Passage

Isaiah 47:12-15

Babylon Brought Down from Her Throne

From Babylon’s forced descent from royal ease, to the LORD’s declaration as Redeemer, to the exposure of Babylon’s cruelty and arrogance, to the failure of her occult wisdom, to the final announcement that none can save her.

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12 So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!

13 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.

14 Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.

15 This 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.

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References and Original Words

Verse 12

Original words

So take your stand עִמְדִי־ H5975 Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular . . . נָ֤א H4994 Interjection with your spells בַחֲבָרַ֙יִךְ֙ H2267 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular and with your many וּבְרֹ֣ב H7230 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct sorceries כְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְ H3785 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular with which בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Preposition-b | Pronoun - relative you have wearied yourself יָגַ֖עַתְּ H3021 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular from your youth מִנְּעוּרָ֑יִךְ H5271 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Perhaps אוּלַ֛י H194 Adverb you will תּוּכְלִ֥י H3201 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular succeed הוֹעִ֖יל H3276 Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct perhaps אוּלַ֥י H194 Adverb you will inspire terror תַּעֲרֽוֹצִי׃ H6206 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Verse 13

Original words

You are wearied נִלְאֵ֖ית H3811 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular by your many בְּרֹ֣ב H7230 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct counselors עֲצָתָ֑יִךְ H6098 Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular let them come forward יַעַמְדוּ־ H5975 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural now נָ֨א H4994 Interjection and save you וְיוֹשִׁיעֻ֜ךְ H3467 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person feminine singular your astrologers הָבְרוּ H1895 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct . . . שָׁמַ֗יִם H8064 Noun - masculine plural who observe הַֽחֹזִים֙ H2372 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural the stars בַּכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים H3556 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural who monthly לֶחֳדָשִׁ֔ים H2320 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural predict מֽוֹדִיעִם֙ H3045 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural your fate מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Preposition-m | Pronoun - relative . . . יָבֹ֖אוּ H935 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural . . . עָלָֽיִךְ׃ H5921 Preposition | second person feminine singular
Verse 14

Original words

Surely הִנֵּ֨ה H2009 Interjection they are הָי֤וּ H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural like stubble כְקַשׁ֙ H7179 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular the fire אֵ֣שׁ H784 Noun - common singular will burn them up שְׂרָפָ֔תַם H8313 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural They cannot לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle deliver יַצִּ֥ילוּ H5337 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker themselves נַפְשָׁ֖ם H5315 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural from the power מִיַּ֣ד H3027 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct of the flame לֶֽהָבָ֑ה H3852 Noun - feminine singular There will be no אֵין־ H369 Adverb coals גַּחֶ֣לֶת H1513 Noun - feminine singular to warm them לַחְמָ֔ם H2552 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct or fire א֖וּר H217 Noun - masculine singular to sit לָשֶׁ֥בֶת H3427 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct beside נֶגְדּֽוֹ׃ H5048 Preposition | third person masculine singular
Verse 15

Original words

This is what כֵּ֥ן H3651 Adverb they are הָיוּ־ H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural to you לָ֖ךְ Preposition | second person feminine singular those with whom אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative you have labored יָגָ֑עַתְּ H3021 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular and traded סֹחֲרַ֣יִךְ H5503 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular from youth מִנְּעוּרַ֗יִךְ H5271 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular each one אִ֤ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular strays תָּע֔וּ H8582 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural in his own direction לְעֶבְרוֹ֙ H5676 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular not one of them אֵ֖ין H369 Adverb can save you מוֹשִׁיעֵֽךְ׃ס H3467 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular

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