Isaiah, 47
12. Keep up, now, your spells and your many sorceries. Perhaps you can make them avail, perhaps you can strike terror!
12. Keep up, now, your spells and your many sorceries. Perhaps you can make them avail, perhaps you can strike terror!
Isaiah 47 is a prophecy against Babylon, which represents the arrogance and pride of the empire. The chapter talks about the fall of Babylon and its punishment for its bad deeds. Below are five verses from other Bible books that are related to the topics addressed in Isaiah 47.
Jeremiah 50:31: "Behold, I am against you, arrogant city," says the Lord, the Lord of hosts. "Your time has come, the time I will punish her." This verse is also a prophecy against Babylon and emphasizes God's punishment for arrogance.
Ezekiel 28:2: "Thus says the sovereign, the Lord, For your heart has proudly rose, you said, I am a God; I occupy a throne of God in the heart of the seas. But you are a man, not a God although he considered his heart like that of a God. " This verse is a prophecy against the king of shooting, but emphasizes the danger of arrogance and pride, a theme also present in Isaiah 47.
Proverbs 16:18: "Pride precedes ruin, and arrogance, the fall." This proverb emphasizes that arrogance and pride lead to fall, a theme present in Isaiah 47.
James 4:6: "God is opposed to the proud, but grants grace to the humble." This verse emphasizes the importance of humility and the danger of arrogance, a theme present in Isaiah 47.
1 Peter 5:5: "Similarly, you, who are younger, be subject to the elders. You are all subject to each other and revisit humility, because" God is opposed to the proud, but grants grace to the humble. " . " This verse also emphasizes the importance of humility and submission, a theme present in Isaiah 47.
“Deus ama quem segue o caminho da virtude.” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina
