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14 “See, they are just like stubble;
    fire burns them up.
They could not[a] even save themselves
    from the power of the flame.
There will be no coals for warming oneself,
    no fire to sit by.
15 So will they be to you—those with whom you toiled
    and did business since your childhood—
they wander about, each in his own direction;
    there is not one who can save you.

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  1. Isaiah 47:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads cannot

14 Surely they are like stubble;(A)
    the fire(B) will burn them up.
They cannot even save themselves
    from the power of the flame.(C)
These are not coals for warmth;
    this is not a fire to sit by.
15 That is all they are to you—
    these you have dealt with
    and labored(D) with since childhood.
All of them go on in their error;
    there is not one that can save(E) you.

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