The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings”?
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Isaiah 19:11 in context
Isaiah 19:8–14
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The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
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Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded.
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The pillars will be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire will be grieved in soul.
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The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings”?
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Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what the LORD of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt.
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The princes of Zoan have become fools. The princes of Memphis are deceived. They have caused Egypt to go astray, those who are the cornerstone of her tribes.
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The LORD has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the middle of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
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