Yesaya 47:6

47:6 I was angry at my people;

I defiled my special possession

and handed them over to you.

You showed them no mercy; ¹ 

you even placed a very heavy burden on old people. ² 

Yesaya 47:12-13

47:12 Persist ³  in trusting ⁴  your amulets

and your many incantations,

which you have faithfully recited ⁵  since your youth!

Maybe you will be successful ⁶  –

maybe you will scare away disaster. ⁷ 

47:13 You are tired out from listening to so much advice. ⁸ 

Let them take their stand –

the ones who see omens in the sky,

who gaze at the stars,

who make monthly predictions –

let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you! ⁹ 

[47:6]  ¹ tn Or “compassion.”

[47:6]  ² tn Heb “on the old you made very heavy your yoke.”

[47:12]  ³ tn Heb “stand” (so KJV, ASV); NASB, NRSV “Stand fast.”

[47:12]  ⁴ tn The word “trusting” is supplied in the translation for clarification. See v. 9.

[47:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “in that which you have toiled.”

[47:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “maybe you will be able to profit.”

[47:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “maybe you will cause to tremble.” The object “disaster” is supplied in the translation for clarification. See the note at v. 9.

[47:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “you are tired because of the abundance of your advice.”

[47:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “let them stand and rescue you – the ones who see omens in the sky, who gaze at the stars, who make known by months – from those things which are coming upon you.”