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However, both of these things will befall you,
    suddenly, in a single day;
both the loss of children and widowhood
    will come upon you in full measure
despite all your sorceries
    and all your potent spells.
10 You felt secure in your wickedness
    as you thought, “No one can see me.”
But your wisdom and your knowledge
    led you astray,
and you said to yourself,
    “I am the only one who matters.”
11 As a result, evil will come upon you,
    and you will not know how to conjure it away,
disaster will befall you
    that you will not be able to avert;
complete ruin which you did not foresee
    will suddenly afflict you.

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Both 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)
10 You have trusted(F) in your wickedness
    and have said, ‘No one sees me.’(G)
Your wisdom(H) and knowledge mislead(I) you
    when you say to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
11 Disaster(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.

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