23:047:007 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for
ever: so that thou
didst
not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst
remember
the latter end of it.
23:047:008 Therefore hear now this, thou that art
given to pleasures,
that
dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I
am,
and
none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither
shall
I know the loss of children:
23:047:009 But these two things shall come to thee
in a moment in one
day,
the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall
come upon
thee
in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries,
and
for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
23:047:010 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness:
thou hast said, None
seeth
me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted
thee;
and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else
beside
me.
23:047:011 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou
shalt not know from
whence
it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee;
thou
shalt
not be able to put it off: and desolation shall
come
upon
thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
23:047:012 Stand now with thine enchantments, and
with the multitude of
thy
sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth;
if
so
be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest
prevail.
23:047:013 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy
counsels. Let now the
astrologers,
the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators,
stand
up, and save thee from these things that shall come
upon
thee.
23:047:014 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire
shall burn them;
they
shall not deliver themselves from the power of the
flame:
there
shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before
it.
23:047:015 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom
thou hast laboured,
even
thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander
every
one
to his quarter; none shall save thee.
23:048:001 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, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
23:048:002 For they call themselves of the holy city,
and stay themselves
upon
the God of Israel; The lord of hosts is his name.
23:048:003 I have declared the former things from
the beginning; and they
went
forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them
suddenly,
and they came to pass.


