Isaiah 47:1-15, NIV
Map stones: I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy vs 6; pride of Babylon-…lounging in your security and saying to yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me..vs 8;..in a moment, on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, ..vs 9, NIV; you have trusted in wickedness and have said, ‘No-one sees me.’ vs 10, NIV;..there is not one that can save you..the Lord spoke about Babylon.
Trust and fear God, not man including the learned and scientists-17-04-2021
Isaiah 47:1-15, GNB
[1]The Lord says, “Babylon, come down from your throne, and sit in the dust on the ground. You were once like a virgin, a city unconquered, but you are soft and delicate no longer! You are now a slave!
[2]Turn the millstone! Grind the flour! Off with your veil! Strip off your fine clothes! Lift up your skirts to cross the streams!
[3]People will see you naked; they will see you humbled and shamed. I will take vengeance, and no one will stop me.”
[4]The holy God of Israel sets us free — his name is the Lord Almighty.
[5]The Lord says to Babylon, “Sit in silence and darkness; no more will they call you the queen of nations!
[6]I was angry with my people; I treated them as no longer mine: I put them in your power, and you showed them no mercy; even the aged you treated harshly.
[7]You thought you would always be a queen, and did not take these things to heart or think how it all would end.
[8]“Listen to this, you lover of pleasure, you that think you are safe and secure. You claim you are as great as God — that there is no one else like you. You thought that you would never be a widow or suffer the loss of your children.
[9]But in a moment, in a single day, both of these things will happen. In spite of all the magic you use, you will lose your husband and children.
[10]“You felt sure of yourself in your evil; you thought that no one could see you. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray, and you said to yourself, ‘I am God — there is no one else like me.’
[11]Disaster will come upon you, and none of your magic can stop it. Ruin will come on you suddenly — ruin you never dreamt of!
[12]Keep all your magic spells and charms; you have used them since you were young. Perhaps they will be of some help to you; perhaps you can frighten your enemies.
[13]You are powerless in spite of the advice you get. Let your astrologers come forward and save you — those people who study the stars, who map out the zones of the heavens and tell you from month to month what is going to happen to you.
[14]“They will be like bits of straw, and a fire will burn them up! They will not even be able to save themselves – the flames will be too hot for them, not a cosy fire to warm themselves by.
[15]That is all the good they will do you — those astrologers you’ve consulted all your life. They all will leave you and go their own way, and none will be left to save you.”