19 When they say to you, “(A)Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should a people not (B)consult their God? Should they (C)consult the dead in behalf of the living?

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The Darkness Turns to Light

19 When someone tells you to consult(A) mediums and spiritists,(B) who whisper and mutter,(C) should not a people inquire(D) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

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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

25 who foils(A) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,(B)
who overthrows the learning of the wise(C)
    and turns it into nonsense,(D)

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But these (A)two things will come on you (B)suddenly in one day:
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many (C)sorceries,
In spite of the great power of your spells.

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Both of these will overtake you
    in a moment,(A) on a single day:
    loss of children(B) and widowhood.(C)
They will come upon you in full measure,
    in spite of your many sorceries(D)
    and all your potent spells.(E)

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Then the king [a]gave orders to call in the (A)soothsayer priests, the conjurers, the sorcerers, and the [b]Chaldeans, to [c]tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

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  1. Daniel 2:2 Lit said to call
  2. Daniel 2:2 Probably master astrologers, diviners, etc., and so throughout the ch
  3. Daniel 2:2 Lit explain to

So the king summoned the magicians,(A) enchanters, sorcerers(B) and astrologers[a](C) to tell him what he had dreamed.(D) When they came in and stood before the king,

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  1. Daniel 2:2 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 4, 5 and 10

10 The Chaldeans answered [a]the king and said, “There is no person on earth who could declare the matter [b]to the king, because no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any (A)soothsayer priest, sorcerer, or Chaldean.

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  1. Daniel 2:10 Lit before the
  2. Daniel 2:10 Lit of

10 The astrologers(A) answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer.(B)

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