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Isaiah 47

Isa. 47:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou art wearied
la'ah (Hebrew #3811)
to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted
KJV usage: faint, grieve, lothe, (be, make) weary (selves).
Pronounce: law-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
h in the multitude
rob (Hebrew #7230)
abundance (in any respect)
KJV usage: abundance(- antly), all, X common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), X very (age).
Pronounce: robe
Origin: from 7231
of thy counsels
`etsah (Hebrew #6098)
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
KJV usage: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
Pronounce: ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
. Let now the κastrologers
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
habar (Hebrew #1895)
to be a horoscopist
KJV usage: + (astro-)loger.
Pronounce: haw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation
k, the stargazers
kowkab (Hebrew #3556)
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
KJV usage: star((-gazer)).
Pronounce: ko-kawb'
Origin: probably from the same as 3522 (in the sense of rolling) or 3554 (in the sense of blazing)
chozeh (Hebrew #2374)
a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval)
KJV usage: agreement, prophet, see that, seer, (star-)gazer.
Pronounce: kho-zeh'
Origin: active participle of 2372
, λthe monthly
chodesh (Hebrew #2320)
the new moon; by implication, a month
KJV usage: month(-ly), new moon.
Pronounce: kho'-desh
Origin: from 2318
prognosticators
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
, stand up
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
, and save
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
thee from these things that shall come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
upon thee.
h
Ezek. 24:12• 12She hath exhausted her labours, yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her: let her rust be in the fire. (Ezek. 24:12)
k
Dan. 2:2• 2And the king commanded to call the scribes, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to shew the king his dreams; and they came and stood before the king. (Dan. 2:2)
κ
viewers of the heavens.
λ
that give knowledge concerning the months.

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Astrologer,
Prognosticators,
Star-Gazers

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Ministry on This Verse

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wearied.
Isa. 57:10• 10Thou wast wearied by the multitude of thy ways; but thou saidst not, It is of no avail. Thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not sick of it. (Isa. 57:10)
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Ezek. 24:12• 12She hath exhausted her labours, yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her: let her rust be in the fire. (Ezek. 24:12)
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Hab. 2:13• 13Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain? (Hab. 2:13)
Let now.
Isa. 44:25• 25--he that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; (Isa. 44:25)
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Dan. 2:2‑10• 2And the king commanded to call the scribes, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to shew the king his dreams; and they came and stood before the king.
 3And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.
 4And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
 5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The command is gone forth from me: If ye do not make known unto me the dream, and its interpretation, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
 6But if ye shew the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour; therefore shew me the dream and its interpretation.
 7They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
 8The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the word is gone forth from me;
 9but if ye do not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me its interpretation.
 10The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean. (Dan. 2:2‑10)
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Dan. 5:7‑8,15‑16,30• 7The king cried aloud to bring in the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
 8Then came in all the king's wise men, but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.
 15And now the wise men, the magicians, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing.
 16But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and solve problems. Now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
 30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. (Dan. 5:7‑8,15‑16,30)
astrologers, the stargazers.
Heb. viewers of the heavens.the monthly prognosticators.
Heb. that gave knowledge concerning the months.
• Verse 13 speaks of the men who practiced the dark arts of spiritism, in which Babylon trusted, for that city was apparently the original home of idolatry, which means the worship of demon powers. (“Isaiah 47” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the interpreters of the heavensd, the observers of the starse, who predict according to the new moons what shall come upon thee, stand up, and save thee.

JND Translation Notes

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d
i.e. astrologers.
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i.e. prognosticators.