Isaiah 47:9–15

⁹These two things will happen to you

suddenly, in one day:

loss of children and widowhood.

They will happen to you in their entirety,

in spite of your many sorceries ^e

and the potency of your spells.

¹⁰You were secure in your wickedness;

you said, ‘No one sees me.’ ^f

Your wisdom and knowledge

led you astray.

You said to yourself,

‘I exist, 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. ^g

Devastation will happen to you suddenly

and unexpectedly. ^h

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 them stand and save you—

the astrologers, ⁱwho observe the stars, ^j

who predict monthly

what will happen to you.

¹⁴Look, they are like stubble; ^k

fire burns them up. ^l

They cannot deliver themselves

from the power ^mof 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.