10 You felt (A)secure in your wickedness and said,
(B)No one sees me,’
Your (C)wisdom and your knowledge, [a]they have led you astray;
For you have said in your heart,
(D)I am, and there is no one besides me.’
11 But (E)evil will come on you
Which you will not know how to charm away;
And disaster will fall on you
For which you cannot atone;
And (F)destruction about which you do not know
Will come on you (G)suddenly.

12 “Persist now in your (H)spells
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to benefit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.

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Notas al pie

  1. Isaiah 47:10 Lit it has

10 You have trusted(A) in your wickedness
    and have said, ‘No one sees me.’(B)
Your wisdom(C) and knowledge mislead(D) you
    when you say to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
11 Disaster(E) 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(F) come upon you.

12 “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
    and with your many sorceries,(G)
    which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
    perhaps you will cause terror.

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