Isaiah 44:25 - Exposition

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars ; i.e. "who brings to nought the prognostications of the astrologers and soothsayers, that pretend falsely to a knowledge of future events" (see Isaiah 49:13 ; and comp. Jeremiah 29:8 , Jeremiah 29:9 ); and maketh diviners mad; i.e. "shows them to be thole or madmen" (see Job 12:17 ). That turneth wise men backward ; i.e. "repulses them—puts them to flight." Pretenders to wisdom, rather than truly wise men, are meant.