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11 As a result, evil will come upon you,
    and you will not know how to conjure it away,
disaster will befall you
    that you will not be able to avert;
complete ruin which you did not foresee
    will suddenly afflict you.
12 [a]But continue to persist in your spells
    and your many sorceries
in which you have placed your confidence
    throughout your life.
Perhaps you can succeed with them;
    perhaps you can inspire terror.
13 You have exhausted yourself with consultations
    ever since your youth.
Let the astrologers now come forth to save you,
    those who seek the future in the stars
and who predict at each new moon
    what will befall you next.

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  1. Isaiah 47:12 Babylon was famous for its astronomers and astrologers.