Treasury of Scripture Knowledge That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that make their knowledge foolish. frustrateth Isaiah 47:12-14 Stand now with thy enchanters, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast laboured from thy youth, if so be it may profit thee any thing, or if thou mayst become stronger. . . . 1 Kings 22:11,12,22-25,37 And Sedecias, the son of Chanaana, made himself horns of iron, and said: Thus saith the Lord: With these shalt thou push Syria, till thou destroy it. . . . 2 Chronicles 18:11,34 And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, and said: Go up to Ramoth Galaad, and thou shalt prosper, and the Lord will deliver them into the king's hand. . . . Jeremiah 27:9,10 Therefore hearken not to your prophets, and diviners, and dreamers, and soothsayers, and sorcerers, that say to you: You shall not serve the king of Babylon. . . . Jeremiah 28:9-17 The prophet that prophesied peace: when his word shall come to pass, the prophet shall be known, whom the hath sent in truth. . . . Jeremiah 50:36 A sword upon her diviners, and they shall be foolish: a sword upon her valiant ones, and they shall be dismayed. maketh Exodus 9:11 Neither could the magicians stand before Moses, for the boils that were upon them, and in all the land of Egypt. Exodus 2:19-12 They answered: A man of Egypt delivered us from the hands of the shepherds: and he drew water also with us, and gave the sheep to drink. . . . Exodus 4:7 And he said: Put back thy hand into thy bosom. He put it back, and brought it out again, and it was like the other flesh. Exodus 5:6-8 Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the task-masters of the people, saying: . . . turneth Isaiah 19:11-14 The princes of Tanis are become fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish counsel: how will you say to Pharao: I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? . . . Isaiah 29:14 Therefore behold I will proceed to cause an admiration in this people, by a great and wonderful miracle: for wisdom shall perish from their wise men, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. 2 Samuel 15:31 And it was told David that Achitophel also was in the conspiracy with Absalom, and David said: Infatuate, O Lord, I beseech thee, the counsel of Achitophel. 2 Samuel 16:23 Now the counsel of Achitophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man should consult God: so was all the counsel of Achitophel, both when he was with David, and when he was with Absalom. 2 Samuel 17:23 But Achitophel seeing that his counsel was not followed, saddled his ass, and arose and went home to his house and to his city, and putting his house in order, hanged himself, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. Job 5:12-14 Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun: . . . Psalm 33:10 The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes. Jeremiah 49:7 Against Edom. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Theman? counsel is perished from her children: their wisdom is become unprofitable. Jeremiah 51:57 And I will make her princes drunk, and her wise men, and her captains, and her rulers, and her valiant men: and they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, and shall awake no more, saith the king whose name is Lord of hosts. 1 Corinthians 1:29-27 That no flesh should glory in his sight. . . . 1 Corinthians 3:19,20 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness. . . . Context Jerusalem to Be Restored…24Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, and thy maker, from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that established the earth, and there is none with me. 25That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that make their knowledge foolish.26That raise up the word of my servant and perform the counsel of my messengers, who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be inhabited: and to the cities of Juda: You shall be built, and I will raise up the wastes thereof.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1 Corinthians 1:27 But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise: and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong. 2 Samuel 15:31 And it was told David that Achitophel also was in the conspiracy with Absalom, and David said: Infatuate, O Lord, I beseech thee, the counsel of Achitophel. Job 5:12 Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun: Psalm 33:10 The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes. Isaiah 29:14 Therefore behold I will proceed to cause an admiration in this people, by a great and wonderful miracle: for wisdom shall perish from their wise men, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. Isaiah 47:13 Thou hast failed in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers stand and save thee, they that gazed at the stars, and counted the months, that from them they might tell the things that shall come to thee. Jeremiah 50:36 A sword upon her diviners, and they shall be foolish: a sword upon her valiant ones, and they shall be dismayed. Jeremiah 51:57 And I will make her princes drunk, and her wise men, and her captains, and her rulers, and her valiant men: and they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, and shall awake no more, saith the king whose name is Lord of hosts. Daniel 4:7 This was the vision of my head in my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was exceeding great. Daniel 5:7 And the king cried out aloud to bring in the wise men, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spoke, and said to the wise men of Babylon: Whosoever shall read this writing, and shall make known to me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and shall have a golden chain on his neck, and shall be the third man in my kingdom. Hosea 9:7 The days of visitation are come, the days of repaying are come: know ye, O Israel, that the prophet was foolish, the spiritual man was mad, for the multitude of thy iniquity, and the multitude of thy madness. Micah 3:7 Therefore night shall be to you instead of vision, and darkness to you instead of divination: and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be darkened over them. Lexicon who foilsמֵפֵר֙ (mê·p̄êr) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6565: To break up, to violate, frustrate the signs אֹת֣וֹת (’ō·ṯō·wṯ) Noun - common plural construct Strong's Hebrew 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence of false prophets בַּדִּ֔ים (bad·dîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 907: A brag, lie, a liar and makes fools of יְהוֹלֵ֑ל (yə·hō·w·lêl) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1984: To shine diviners, וְקֹסְמִ֖ים (wə·qō·sə·mîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7080: To distribute, determine by lot, magical scroll, to divine who confounds מֵשִׁ֧יב (mê·šîḇ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again the wise חֲכָמִ֛ים (ḥă·ḵā·mîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2450: Wise and turns their knowledge וְדַעְתָּ֥ם (wə·ḏa‘·tām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1847: Knowledge into nonsense, יְשַׂכֵּֽל׃ (yə·śak·kêl) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5528: To be foolish or a fool Additional Translations who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,That frustrates the tokens of the liars, and makes diviners mad; that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish; that frustrateth the signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; Who else will frustrate the tokens of those that have divining spirits, and prophecies from the heart of man? turning the wise back, and making their counsel foolishness; -- he that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish: That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish; Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish. 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