Isaiah 47:14
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 47 connects to 10 cross-references. A taunt against Babylon personified as a proud queen: she will be humiliated, ground at the mill, lose her children in a moment. Her astrologers and sorcerers cannot save her — they are like stubble the fire consumes.
Other Translations
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
Lo, they have been as stubble! Fire hath burned them, They deliver not themselves from the power of the flame, There is not a coal to warm them, a light to sit before it.
Truly, they have become like dry stems, they have been burned in the fire; they are not able to keep themselves safe from the power of the flame: it is not a coal for warming them, or a fire by which a man may be seated.
Cross References
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and …
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in …
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not …
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall …
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, …
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall …
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are …
The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they …
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt …
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch …