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12 “But[a] stand up now with your spells
    and your many incantations,
at which you have labored from your childhood until today,[b]
13 according to[c] your multiple schemes.
Let them stand up now—
    those who conjure[d] the heavens
and[e] gaze at the stars,
    predicting at the new moons—
        and save you from what is about to happen to them.[f]

14 “See, they are just like stubble;
    fire burns them up.
They could not[g] even save themselves
    from the power of the flame.
There will be no coals for warming oneself,
    no fire to sit by.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 47:12 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack But
  2. Isaiah 47:12 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read childhood. Perhaps you can gain some profit; perhaps you may inspire fear. LXX reads if you can gain some profit.
  3. Isaiah 47:13 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read You are wearied by
  4. Isaiah 47:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads divide
  5. Isaiah 47:13 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and
  6. Isaiah 47:13 So 1QIsaa; MT reads what things are about to happen to you; LXX reads what is about to happen to you
  7. Isaiah 47:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads cannot