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Isaiah 47:14

47:13 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. astrologers: Heb. viewers of the heavens the monthly: Heb. that give knowledge concerning the months
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. themselves: Heb. their souls

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Behold, they are like stubble. The fire will burn them. They won’t deliver themselves from the power of the flame. It won’t be a coal to warm at or a fire to sit by.

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.

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.

47:15 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.

What does Isaiah 47:14 mean?

Isaiah 47:14 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קַשׁ (qash), אֵשׁ (ʼêsh), שָׂרַף (sâraph).

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Behold,
they
shall
be
as
stubble;קַשׁqash/kash/H7179straw (as dry)
the
fireאֵשׁʼêsh/aysh/H784fire (literally or figuratively)
shall
burnשָׂרַףsâraph/saw-raf'/H8313to be (causatively, set) on fire
them;
they
shall
not
deliverנָצַלnâtsal/naw-tsal'/H5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
themselvesנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
from
the
powerיָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
of
the
flame:לֶהָבָהlehâbâh/leh-aw-baw'/H3852{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}
there
shall
not
be
a
coalגֶּחֶלgechel/geh'-khel/H1513an ember
to
warmחָמַםchâmam/khaw-mam'/H2552to be hot (literally or figuratively)
at,
nor
fireאוּרʼûwr/ore/H217flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light)
to
sitיָשַׁבyâshab/yaw-shab'/H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
before
it.
themselves:
Heb.
their
souls

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 47:14.

Exodus 12:10

And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

Exodus 29:14

But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.

Exodus 29:34

And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

Exodus 32:20

And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

Genesis 22:6

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

Genesis 32:11

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. with: Heb. upon

Genesis 32:30

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Peniel: that is, The face of God

Genesis 9:5

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

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What does Isaiah 47:14 say?

Isaiah 47:14 (King James Version) reads: "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. themselves: Heb. their souls"

Is Isaiah 47:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 47:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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