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Therefore, now hear this, you who are given to pleasures,
    who dwell carelessly,
who say in your heart,
    “I am, and there is no one besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow,
    nor shall I know the loss of children”;
but these two things shall come to you
    in a moment, in one day,
    the loss of children and widowhood.
They shall come upon you in their fullness
    because of the multitude of your sorceries
    and 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 perverted you;
    and you have said in your heart,
    “I am, and there is no one besides me.”

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“Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
    lounging in your security(A)
and saying to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.(B)
I will never be a widow(C)
    or suffer the loss of children.’
Both of these will overtake you
    in a moment,(D) on a single day:
    loss of children(E) and widowhood.(F)
They will come upon you in full measure,
    in spite of your many sorceries(G)
    and all your potent spells.(H)
10 You have trusted(I) in your wickedness
    and have said, ‘No one sees me.’(J)
Your wisdom(K) and knowledge mislead(L) you
    when you say to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’

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