Isaiah 47:11
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.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 47 connects to 10 cross-references. A taunt against Babylon personified as a proud queen: she will be humiliated, ground at the mill, lose her children in a moment. Her astrologers and sorcerers cannot save her — they are like stubble the fire consumes.
Other Translations
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.
And come in on thee hath evil, Thou knowest not its rising, And fall on thee doth mischief, Thou art not able to pacify it, And come on thee suddenly doth desolation, Thou knowest not.
Because of this evil will come on you, which may not be turned away for any price: and trouble will overtake you, from which no money will give salvation: destruction will come on you suddenly, without your knowledge.
Cross References
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a …
And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from …
Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore …
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep …
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for …
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament …