“who frustrates the signs of the liars,and makes diviners mad;who turns wise men backward,and makes their knowledge foolish;”
Isaiah 44:25 (WEB)
Context Reading
23Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it!Shout, you lower parts of the earth!Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees,for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob,and will glorify himself in Israel. 24Yahweh, your Redeemer,and he who formed you from the womb says:“I am Yahweh, who makes all things;who alone stretches out the heavens;who spreads out the earth by myself; 25who frustrates the signs of the liars,and makes diviners mad;who turns wise men backward,and makes their knowledge foolish; 26who confirms the word of his servant,and performs the counsel of his messengers;who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’ 27who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’and ‘I will dry up your rivers,’