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Isaiah 47:11

But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

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ASV

Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know the dawning thereof: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou knowest not.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבָ֧אu.Va'and it will comeH935 →
עָלַ֣יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921 →
רָעָ֗הra.'AhcalamityH7451 →
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
תֵדְעִי֙te.de.'Iyou will knowH3045 →
שַׁחְרָ֔הּshach.Rahto charm away itH7837 →
וְתִפֹּ֤לve.ti.Poland it may fallH5307 →
עָלַ֙יִךְ֙'a.La.yikhon youH5921 →
הֹוָ֔הho.VahdisasterH1943 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
תוּכְלִ֖יtu.khe.Liyou will be ableH3201 →
כַּפְּרָ֑הּka.pe.Rahto cover itH3722 →
וְתָבֹ֨אve.ta.Vo'and it may comeH935 →
עָלַ֧יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921 →
פִּתְאֹ֛םpit.'OmsuddenlyH6597 →
שׁוֹאָ֖הsho.'AhruinH7722 →
לֹ֥אlo'[which] notH3808 →
תֵדָֽעִי׃te.Da.'iyou will knowH3045 →

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Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.Psalms 35:8May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.Judges 20:34Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.Revelation 18:9–10Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.Exodus 12:29–30Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.Daniel 5:25–30Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:Revelation 3:3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.Nehemiah 4:11And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”Luke 12:59I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”Jeremiah 51:39–42While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.Ezekiel 7:26Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.Habakkuk 2:7Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!Matthew 18:34In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

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