Isaiah 47:10-11

10, 11. Fancying thyself secure in thy wickedness, thou sayest,

None seeth me. Therefore As a reason for the chastisement about to fall on thee.

Not know… whence it riseth That day of thy woe shall come unexpectedly; because of thy untiring defiance, thou shalt not know how or whence it so suddenly comes. It hath no dawn to thee. In astrological divining the Chaldeans were expert, but it had no availing power in their extremity. When the morn appeared the Egyptians were destroyed; at sunrise Sodom and Gomorrah were overwhelmed; so, also, Babylon had no warning of coming evil.