Let consider Babylon again, in Isaiah 47 v 8 11, they are coming under judgement by God, and nothing would save them. In v 9 we have these words, 'In spite of your many sorceries, and in spite of the great power of your spells' These gave them confidence that all would be well v8, someone described Babylon as ,'' the promised land of astrology and magic''. But God assures them these practices will prove utterly futile, Leupold, comments,' Confidence was placed in the stars and their courses and not in the power of the living God. Incantations and magic formulas, and the endless repetition of them is futile procedure'. These things as Leupold says,' are not just grandiose delusions, they are wicked and sinful. Babylon was soon to fall in 539 BC ,to the army of the Persian army led by King Cyrus the Great. Many people today like the Babylonians ,put their trust in astrology, in the form of daily horoscopes, tarot cards and psychic readings. These are all foolish and futile, we need to place our hope in the living God, and in Jesus as our Saviour.
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