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)

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!^(A)
    Let your astrologers^(B) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
    let them save^(C) you from what is coming upon you.