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11 But troubles will come to you,
    and you will not know how to stop them.
Disaster will fall on you,
    and you will not be able to keep it away.
You will be destroyed quickly;
    you will not even see it coming.

12 “Keep on using your tricks
    and doing all your magic
    that you have used since you were young.
Maybe they will help you;
    maybe you will be able to scare someone.
13 You are tired of the advice you have received.
    So let those who study the sky—
those who tell the future by looking at the stars and the new moons—
    let them save you from what is about to happen to you.

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11 Disaster(A) will come upon you,
    and you will not know how to conjure it away.
A calamity will fall upon you
    that you cannot ward off with a ransom;
a catastrophe you cannot foresee
    will suddenly(B) come upon you.

12 “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
    and with your many sorceries,(C)
    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!(D)
    Let your astrologers(E) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
    let them save(F) you from what is coming upon you.

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