Isaias

9 And these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, bereavement, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in full measure, for the multitude of thy ’orceries, for the exceeding number of thy spells.

10 And thou hast been secure in thine evil: thou hast said, There is none that seeth me; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath turned thee aside; and thou hast said in thine heart, I, and none else beside.

11 And evil shall come upon thee; thou shalt not know the dawning thereof; and ruin shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to avert it: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, (which) thou shalt not know.

12 Stand forth, I pray, with thy spells, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth: peradventure thou wilt be able to profit, peradventure thou wilt strike terror.

13 Thou art wearied with the multitude of thy counsels: let them, I pray thee, stand forth and save thee—they who the heavens, who gaze on the stars, who make known at the new moons—from what shall come upon

14 Behold, they are become as stubble, fire hath burned them; they shall not deliver their soul from the hand of the flame; it is no coal to be warm, fire to sit before.

15 Thus are the things to thee wherein thou hast laboured: thy traffickers from thy youth go astray everyone his own way: there is none that saveth thee.

XLVIII. 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, and not in righteousness.

2 For they are called of the holy city, and lean upon the God of Israel: the Lord of Hosts is his name.

3 I have declared the first things from that time; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them; I wrought suddenly, and they came to pass.

4 Because I knew that thou art hard, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass: