8 Now then, listen to this, you lover of pleasure.You live securely and say to yourself,“I’m the only one, and there’s no one else.I won’t live as a widow.I won’t suffer the loss of children.”
9 In one day both of these will happen to you instantly:the loss of your children and your husband.All this will happen to you in spite ofyour evil magic and your many spells.
10 You feel safe in your wickednessand say, “No one can see me.”Your wisdom and knowledge have led you astray,so you say to yourself,“I’m the only one, and there’s no one else.”
11 But evil will happen to you.You won’t know how to keep it away.Disaster will strike you.You won’t be able to stop it.Destruction will overtake you suddenly.You won’t expect it.
12 Keep practicing your spells and your evil magic.You have practiced them ever since you were young.You may succeed.You may cause terror.
13 You are worn out by your many plans.Let your astrologers and your stargazers,who foretell the future month by month,come to you, rise up, and save you.
14 They are like straw.Fire burns them.They can’t rescue themselves from the flames.There are no glowing coals to keep them warmand no fire for them to sit by.