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Isaiah 47:14 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 47 · verse 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.Isaiah 47:14 · King James Version
Isaiah 47:14 in context
12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
13Thou 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.
14Behold, 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.
15Thus 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- themselvesnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- stubbleqashstrawH7179 →
- delivernâtsalto snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337 →
- poweryâda handH3027 →
- flamelehâbâh{a flashH3852 →
- fireʼêshfireH784 →
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Babylon, now doomed to ruin, is here justly upbraided with her pride, luxury, and security, in the day of her prosperity, and the confidence she had in her own wisdom and forecast, and particularly in the prognostications and counsels of the astrologers.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-15