Isaiah 47:13

New International Reader's Version

All the advice you have received has only worn you out! Let those who study the heavens come forward. They claim to know what is going to happen by watching the stars every month. So let them save you from the trouble that is coming on you.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:25

“Some prophets are not really prophets at all. I show that their signs are fake. I make those who practice evil magic look foolish. I destroy the learning of those who think they are wise. Their knowledge does not make any sense at all.

Isaiah 47:15

They can’t do you any good. You have done business with them ever since you were a child. You have always asked them for advice. All of them are bewildered and continue in their own ways. None of them can save you.”

Isaiah 47:9

But both of these things will happen to you in a moment. They will take place on a single day. You will lose your children. And you will become a widow. That is what will happen to you. All your evil magic and powerful spells will not save you.

Isaiah 57:10

You wore yourself out with all your efforts. But you would not say, ‘It’s hopeless.’ You received new strength. So you did not give up.

Isaiah 8:19

There are people who get messages from those who have died. But these people only whisper words that are barely heard. Suppose someone tells you to ask for advice from these people. Shouldn’t you ask for advice from your God instead? Why should you get advice from dead people to help those who are alive?

Jeremiah 51:58

The Lord who rules over all says, “Babylon’s thick walls will fall down flat. Its high gates will be set on fire. The nations wear themselves out for no reason at all. Their hard work will only be burned up in the flames.”

Jeremiah 51:64

Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon will sink down. It will never rise again. That is because I will bring such horrible trouble on it. And its people will fall along with it.’ ” The words of Jeremiah end here.

Ezekiel 24:12

But it can’t be cleaned up. Its thick scum has not been removed. Even fire can’t burn it off.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the king of Babylon, was killed.

Habakkuk 2:13

I am the Lord who rules over all. Human effort is no better than wood that feeds a fire. So the nations wear themselves out for nothing.