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11 But evil shall come upon you,
    which you will not know how to charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
    for which you will not be able to atone;
(A)and ruin shall come upon you suddenly,
    of which you know nothing.
12 (B)Stand fast in your enchantments
    and your many sorceries,
    with which you have laboured from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
    perhaps you may inspire terror.
13 You are wearied with your many counsels;
    let them stand forth and save you,
(C)those who divide the heavens,
    who gaze at the stars,
who at the new moons make known
    what shall come upon you.

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11 Disaster(A) 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(B) come upon you.

12 “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
    and with your many sorceries,(C)
    which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
    perhaps you will cause terror.
13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!(D)
    Let your astrologers(E) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
    let them save(F) you from what is coming upon you.

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