"Stand[fast] nowin your spellsAnd in your manysorceriesWith whichyou have laboredfrom your youth;Perhapsyou will be ableto profit,Perhapsyou may causetrembling.
"Manytimesthey have persecutedme from my youthup," Let Israelnowsay,
Then Pharaohalsocalledfor [the] wisemenand [the] sorcerers,and they also,the magiciansof Egypt,didthe samewith their secretarts.
The magiciansdidthe samewith their secretarts,making frogscomeup on the landof Egypt.
The magicianscouldnot standbeforeMosesbecauseof the boils,for the boilswere on the magiciansas well as on allthe Egyptians.
"Then the spiritof the Egyptianswill be demoralizedwithinthem; And I will confoundtheir strategy,So that they will resortto idolsand ghostsof the deadAnd to mediumsand spiritists.
Causing the omensof boastersto fail,Makingfoolsout of diviners,Causing wisemento drawbackAnd turningtheir knowledgeinto foolishness,
Whenthey sayto you, "Consultthe mediumsand the spiritistswho whisperand mutter,"should not a peopleconsulttheir God?[Should they] [consult] the deadon behalfof the living?
"But whereare your godsWhichyou madefor yourself? Let them arise,ifthey can saveyou In the timeof your trouble;For [according to] the numberof your citiesAre your gods,O Judah.
thussaysthe LordGOD,'Removethe turbanand takeoffthe crown;this[will] nolonger [be] the same.Exaltthat whichis lowand abasethat whichis high.
"Moreover, the thingwhichthe kingdemandsis difficult,and thereis nooneelsewhocould declareit to the kingexceptgods,whosedwellingplaceis not with [mortal] flesh."
Then the kinggaveordersto callin the magicians,the conjurers,the sorcerersand the Chaldeansto tellthe kinghis dreams.So they camein and stoodbeforethe king.
"Just nowthe wisemen[and] the conjurerswere broughtin beforeme that they might readthisinscriptionand makeits interpretationknownto me, but they couldnot declarethe interpretationof the message.
The seerswill be ashamedAnd the divinerswill be embarrassed.Indeed, they will allcover[their] mouthsBecausethereis noanswerfrom God.
[All] becauseof the manyharlotriesof the harlot,The charmingone,the mistressof sorceries,Who sellsnationsby her harlotriesAnd familiesby her sorceries.
When the donkeysawthe angelof the LORD,she pressedherself to the walland pressedBalaam'sfootagainstthe wall,so he struckher again.
and they did not repentof their murdersnorof their sorceriesnorof their immoralitynorof their thefts.
