Isaiah 47:10–15

¹⁰You were secure in your wickedness;

you said, ‘No one sees me.’^j

Your wisdom and knowledge

led you astray.

You said to yourself,

‘I am, and there is no one else.’

¹¹But disaster will happen to you;

you will not know how to avert it.

And it will fall on you,

but you will be unable to ward it off.^A

Devastation will happen to you suddenly

and unexpectedly.^k

¹²So take your stand with your spells

and your many sorceries,

which you have wearied yourself with from your youth.

Perhaps you will be able to succeed;

perhaps you will inspire terror!

¹³You are worn out with your many consultations.

So let the astrologers stand and save you—

those who observe the stars,^l

those who predict monthly

what will happen to you.

¹⁴Look, they are like stubble;^m

fire burns them.ⁿ

They cannot rescue themselves

from the power of the flame.

This is not a coal for warming themselves,

or a fire to sit beside!

¹⁵This is what they are to you—

those who have wearied you

and have traded with you from your youth—

each wanders on his own way;

no one can save you.