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Both of these things will overtake you
    suddenly on a single day:
loss of children and widowhood.
    They will come upon you in full measure,
despite the multitude of your incantations
    and the great power of your spells.”

Self-Deception of the Babylonians

10 “You trusted in your own knowledge.[a]
    You said, ‘No one sees me.’
Your wisdom and knowledge have misled you.
    You said in your heart,
        ‘I am the one, and there will be none besides me.’

11 “But disaster will come[b] upon you,
    and[c] you will not know how to charm it away.
A calamity will befall you
    that you will not be able to[d] ward off;
and devastation will come upon you suddenly,
    and[e] you won’t anticipate it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 47:10 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read evil
  2. Isaiah 47:11 So 1QIsaa (feminine); MT (masculine [incorrectly])
  3. Isaiah 47:11 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and
  4. Isaiah 47:11 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks to
  5. Isaiah 47:11 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and