9 Two things will happen to yousuddenly in a single day.You will lose your children and your husband.These things will truly happen to you.All your magic and powerful trickswill not save you.
10 You do evil things, but you feel safe.You say, ‘No one sees what I do.’Your wisdom and knowledgehave fooled you.You say to yourself,‘I am God. No one is equal to me.’
11 But troubles will come to you.You will not know how to stop them.Disaster will fall on you.And you will not be able to keep it away.You will be destroyed quickly.You will not even see it coming.
12 “Keep on using your tricks.Continue doing all your magic.You have done these things since you were young.Maybe they will help you.Maybe you will be able to scare someone.
13 You are tired of the advice you have received.So let those who study the sky come.They tell the future by looking at the stars.So let them save you from what is about to happen to you.
14 But they are like straw.Fire will quickly burn them up.They cannot save themselvesfrom the power of the fire.They are not like coals that give warmth.They are not like a fire you may sit beside.
15 You have worked with these people.They have been with you since you were young.But they will not be able to help you.Everyone will go his own way.And there will be no one left to save you.”