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Isaiah 47:13
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses Babylon, challenging its reliance on occult practices after years of spiritual exhaustion. This confrontation occurs within a divine judgment oracle against the city.
The words — The Hebrew נִלְאֵ֖ית (nil'Eit) literally means "you have become weary," paired with בְּרֹ֣ב עֲצָתָ֑יִ/ךְ (be'rov atzatekha), "with the abundance of your counsels."
The thread — This theme of divine reversal against diviners appears in Isaiah 44:25, where God foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners.
Why it lands — The text demands a reader to abandon reliance on human or occult strategies and recognize their ultimate futility against sovereign judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 44:25 who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
- Isaiah 57:10 You 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.
- Jeremiah 51:58 This 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.”
- Ezekiel 24:12 It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
- Daniel 2:2 So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,
- Isaiah 47:15 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.
- Daniel 5:7 The 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.”
- Daniel 5:15 Now 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.
- Daniel 5:30 That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
- Habakkuk 2:13 Is 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?