Isaiah 47:8-11

Common English Bible

⁸ So listen to this,
luxuriant one who sits secure,
    who says in her heart, I’m utterly unique;
    I’ll never sit as a widow;
    I’ll never know childlessness:
⁹ Both of these will happen to you at once, on a single day:
    childlessness and widowhood
    will envelop you in full measure,
    despite your many sorceries,
    despite your very powerful spells.
¹⁰ You felt secure in your evil;
    you said, “No one sees me.”
Your wisdom and knowledge spun you around.
    You thought to yourself, I and no one else.
¹¹ Now evil will come against you,
    something you won’t anticipate.
A curse will fall upon you,
    something you won’t be able to dispel.
Destruction will come upon you suddenly,
    something you won’t foresee.