Isaiah 47:12-14

New International Reader's Version

¹² “So keep on casting your magic spells.
    Keep on practicing your evil magic.
    You have been doing those things ever since you were a child.
Perhaps they will help you.
    Maybe they will scare your enemies away.
¹³ All the advice you have received
    has only worn you out!
    Let those who study the heavens come forward.
They claim to know what is going to happen
    by watching the stars every month.
So let them save you from the trouble
    that is coming on you.
¹⁴ They are just like straw.
    Fire will burn them up.
They can’t even save themselves
    from the powerful flames.
These are not like coals that can warm anyone.
    This is not like a fire to sit by.