6. I was angry with my people;I treated them as no longer mine:I put them in your power,and you showed them no mercy;even the aged you treated harshly.
7. You thought you would always be a queen,and did not take these things to heartor think how it all would end.
8. “Listen to this, you lover of pleasure,you that think you are safe and secure.You claim you are as great as God —that there is no one else like you.You thought that you would never be a widowor suffer the loss of your children.
9. But in a moment, in a single day,both of these things will happen.In spite of all the magic you use,you will lose your husband and children.
10. “You felt sure of yourself in your evil;you thought that no one could see you.Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray,and you said to yourself, ‘I am God —there is no one else like me.’