25 (A)Causing the [a]omens of diviners to fail,
[b]Making fools of fortune-tellers;
(B)Causing wise men to turn back
And [c]making their knowledge ridiculous,

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  1. Isaiah 44:25 Lit signs
  2. Isaiah 44:25 Lit He makes
  3. Isaiah 44:25 Lit He turns

13 You are (A)wearied with your many counsels;
Let now the (B)astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and (C)save you from what will come upon you.

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So I gave orders to (A)bring into my presence all the wise men of Babylon, so that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. Then the (B)soothsayer priests, the sorcerers, the [a]Chaldeans, and the diviners came in and I related the dream [b]to them, but they could not make its (C)interpretation known to me.

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  1. Daniel 4:7 Probably master astrologers, diviners, etc.
  2. Daniel 4:7 Lit before

11 There is a (A)man in your kingdom in whom is [a]a (B)spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father [b](C)the king—appointed him chief of the soothsayer priests, sorcerers, Chaldeans, and diviners.

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  1. Daniel 5:11 Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God
  2. Daniel 5:11 Or O king

15 Just now the (A)wise men and the sorcerers were brought in before me to read this inscription and make its interpretation known to me, but they (B)could not declare the interpretation of the [a]message.

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  1. Daniel 5:15 Lit word

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