⁹ 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.

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.

“‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’^[a](A)
    She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,^(B)
    a haunt for every unclean bird,
    a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.^(C)

³ For all the nations have drunk
    the maddening wine of her adulteries.^(A)
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,^(B)
    and the merchants of the earth grew rich^(C) from her excessive luxuries.”^(D)