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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:
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.

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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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