Isaiah 47:15

They will disappoint you, ¹  those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. ²  Each strays off in his own direction, ³  leaving no one to rescue you.”

Isa 56:11; Jer 51:6-9; Eze 27:12-25; Re 18:11-19; Re 18:15-17

¹ tn Heb “So they will be to you”; NIV “That is all they can do for you.”

² tn Heb “that for which you toiled, your traders from your youth.” The omen readers and star gazers are likened to merchants with whom Babylon has had an ongoing economic relationship.

³ tn Heb “each to his own side, they err.”