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)

¹⁹ How suddenly^(A) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away^(B) by terrors!

¹² “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
    and with your many sorceries,^(A)
    which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
    perhaps you will cause terror.
¹³ All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!^(B)
    Let your astrologers^(C) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
    let them save^(D) you from what is coming upon you.

⁸ Therefore in one day^(A) her plagues will overtake her:
    death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,^(B)
    for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(H)
    you mighty city of Babylon!
In one hour^(I) your doom has come!’

“With such violence
    the great city^(C) of Babylon will be thrown down,
    never to be found again.
²² The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,
    will never be heard in you again.^(D)
No worker of any trade
    will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
    will never be heard in you again.^(E)
23 The light of a lamp
    will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom and bride
    will never be heard in you again.^(F)
Your merchants were the world’s important people.^(G)
    By your magic spell^(H) all the nations were led astray.