Isaiah 47:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נִלְאֵ֖ית בְּרֹ֣ב עֲצָתָ֑יִךְ יַעַמְדוּ־נָ֨א וְיוֹשִׁיעֻ֜ךְ *הברו **הֹבְרֵ֣י שָׁמַ֗יִם הַֽחֹזִים֙ בַּכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים מֽוֹדִיעִם֙ לֶחֳדָשִׁ֔ים מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָבֹ֖אוּ עָלָֽיִךְ׃

Transliteration

nilʾêṯ in-abundance-of ʿăṣāṯāyiḵ yaʿamḏû-nāʾ and-wəyôšîʿūḵ hōḇərê šāmayim the-haḥōzîm at-the-bakkôḵāḇîm môḏîʿim to-leḥŏḏāšîm from-which yāḇōʾû upon-you.

Grammar Details

*nilʾêṯ*: niphal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you are wearied
*ʿăṣāṯāyiḵ*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your counsels
*yaʿamḏû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - let them stand
*nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
*wəyôšîʿūḵ*: hiphil imperfect with waw conjunction, 3rd person masculine plural with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - and let them save you
*hōḇərê*: qal participle, masculine plural construct - dividers of
*šāmayim*: masculine dual/plural noun - heavens/sky
*haḥōzîm*: qal participle, masculine plural with definite article - the gazers
*bakkôḵāḇîm*: masculine plural noun with prefixed preposition and definite article - at the stars
*môḏîʿim*: hiphil participle, masculine plural - making known
*leḥŏḏāšîm*: masculine plural noun with prefixed preposition - for the months/new moons
*yāḇōʾû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will come

Word Meanings

*nilʾêṯ*: you are wearied/you are tired/you are exhausted
*ʿăṣāṯāyiḵ*: your counsels/your plans/your advice
*hōḇərê*: dividers of/those who divide/astrologers of
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky
*haḥōzîm*: the gazers/the stargazers/the observers
*bakkôḵāḇîm*: at the stars/by the stars
*môḏîʿim*: making known/declaring/predicting
*leḥŏḏāšîm*: for the months/for the new moons/monthly

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Referenced Verses

Isa 44:25 : 25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
Isa 57:10 : 10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
Jer 51:58 : 58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
Ezek 24:12 : 12 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
Dan 2:2-9 : 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. 7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. 8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. 9 But if ye will 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 the interpretation thereof. 10 The 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, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
Dan 5:7-8 : 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. 8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
Dan 5:15-16 : 15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, 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: 16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Dan 5:30 : 30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
Isa 47:15 : 15 Thus 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.

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