Isaiah 47:12-14

EasyEnglish Bible

¹² So continue with your magic, if you want to.
    Say your magic words.
You have always used that magic,
    since you were young.
Perhaps your magic will help you.
    Perhaps you will frighten your enemies!
¹³ You receive a lot of advice,
    and it has made you become tired.
Let your advisors come and stand there.
They study the sky and the stars to decide what will happen.
    They say what will happen each month.
So let them come and help you!
    See if they can rescue you from the trouble that is coming!
¹⁴ But they are as useless as straw
    that quickly burns in a fire.
They cannot save themselves,
    because the fire is too hot!
This is not a nice fire to sit beside and enjoy the heat.