Isaiah 47:9–15

⁹Both of these will overtake you

in a moment,^a on a single day:

loss of children^b and widowhood.^c

They will come upon you in full measure,

in spite of your many sorceries^d

and all your potent spells.^e

¹⁰You have trusted^f in your wickedness

and have said, ‘No one sees me.’^g

Your wisdom^h and knowledge misleadⁱ you

when you say to yourself,

‘I am, and there is none besides me.’

¹¹Disaster^j will come upon you,

and you will not know how to conjure it away.

A calamity will fall upon you

that you cannot ward off with a ransom;

a catastrophe you cannot foresee

will suddenly^k come upon you.

¹²“Keep on, then, with your magic spells

and with your many sorceries,^l

which you have labored at since childhood.

Perhaps you will succeed,

perhaps you will cause terror.

¹³All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!^m

Let your astrologersⁿ come forward,

those stargazers who make predictions month by month,

let them save^o you from what is coming upon you.

¹⁴Surely they are like stubble;^p

the fire^q will burn them up.

They cannot even save themselves

from the power of the flame.^r

These are not coals for warmth;

this is not a fire to sit by.

¹⁵That is all they are to you—

these you have dealt with

and labored^s with since childhood.

All of them go on in their error;

there is not one that can save^t you.