8 “Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures,Who dwell securely,Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me;I shall not sit as a widow,Nor shall I know the loss of children’;
9 But these two things shall come to youIn a moment, in one day:The loss of children, and widowhood.They shall come upon you in their fullnessBecause of the multitude of your sorceries,For the great abundance of your enchantments.
10 “For you have trusted in your wickedness;You have said, ‘No one sees me’;Your wisdom and your knowledge have warped you;And you have said in your heart,‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’
11 Therefore evil shall come upon you;You shall not know from where it arises.And trouble shall fall upon you;You will not be able to put it off.And desolation shall come upon you suddenly,Which you shall not know.
12 “Stand now with your enchantmentsAnd the multitude of your sorceries,In which you have labored from your youth—Perhaps you will be able to profit,Perhaps you will prevail.
13 You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels;Let now the astrologers, the stargazers,And the monthly prognosticatorsStand up and save youFrom what shall come upon you.
14 Behold, they shall be as stubble,The fire shall burn them;They shall not deliver themselvesFrom the power of the flame;It shall not be a coal to be warmed by,Nor a fire to sit before!