Isaiah 47:12

Stand now with thine khavarim (spells, magic, enchantments), 1 and with the multitude of thy kashefanut (sorceries, witchcraft) 1 wherein thou hast toiled from thy neurim; 1 perhaps thou shalt be able to succeed, 1 perhaps thou mayest cause terror. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Stand 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.

In Context

11Therefore shall ra'ah come upon thee; 1 thou shalt not know its shachar (dawn, from whence it riseth); 1 and tragedy will befall thee; 1 thou shalt not be able to make kofer (ransom) to ward it off; 1 and sho'ah (catastrophe) shall come upon thee pitom (suddenly), 1 which thou shalt not foresee or know. 1

13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy etzot (counsels). 1 Let now stand up the hovrev Shomayim (the dissectors of the heavens, astrologers), 1 the chozim bakochavim (stargazers), 1 the ones that predict the future by Rosh Chodesh, 1 and save thee from these things 1 that shall come upon thee. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 8:7And the tzefardaya shall depart from thee, from thy batim, from thy avadim, and from thy people; they shall remain in the Nile only.

Exodus 9:11And the charetumim could not stand before Moshe because of the sh'khin; for the sh'khin was upon the charetumim, and upon kol Mitzrayim.

Isaiah 8:19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto mediums that have familiar spirits, and unto spiritists that whisper, and that mutter: should not Am seek unto Elohav? Should they consult the mesim (dead ones) for the benefit of the chayyim (living)?

Isaiah 44:25That annuls the otot of the baddim (liars, false prophets), 1 and maketh kosemim (diviners, soothsayers) into madmen; 1 that turneth back chachamim, 1 and maketh their da'as (knowledge, science) foolishness; 1

Jeremiah 2:28But where are thy elohim 1 that thou hast made for thee? 1 Let them arise, if they can save thee 1 in the time of thy trouble; 1 for as many as are the mispar (number) 1 of thy towns are thy elohim, O Yehudah. 1

Daniel 2:11And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can show it before the king, except the g-ds, whose dwelling is not with basar (flesh).

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 47:8-15

Babylon Threatened. ( b. c. 708.) 7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. 8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: 9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come… Read the whole commentary →

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