Isaiah 47:15
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.
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The things that you labored in will be like this: those who have trafficked with you from your youth will each wander in his own way. There will be no one to save you.
- ASV
- Thus shall the things be unto thee wherein thou hast labored: they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee.
- DARBY
- Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, they that trafficked with thee from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his own quarter; there is none to save thee.
- BLB
- Thus they have become to you—those [with] whom you have labored and traded from youth! Each man in his direction, they go astray; none can save you.
- ÅB
- Slik går det for deg med dem som du har strevet for; de som drev handel med deg fra din ungdom av, de farer hit og dit, hver til sin kant; det er ingen som frelser deg.
[^1]: JES 47, 6. - OTB
- Dette er hva de har blitt for deg, de som du har arbeidet med, de som har hatt med deg å gjøre fra din ungdom; hver vandrer i sin egen retning; det er ingen som kan redde deg.
- B1930
- Således går det for dig med dem som du har strevet for; de som drev handel med dig fra din ungdom av, de farer hit og dit, hver til sin kant; det er ingen som frelser dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 18:11–19
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
Read in contextEzekiel 27:12–25
Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:6–9
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
Read in contextIsaiah 56:11
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
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