Isaiah 19:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh,“I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?”

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  • Num 13:22 : 22 When they went up through the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living.(Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
  • 1 Kgs 4:30 : 30 Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt.
  • Ps 78:43 : 43 when he performed his awesome deeds in Egypt, and his acts of judgment in the region of Zoan.
  • Isa 30:4 : 4 Though his officials are in Zoan and his messengers arrive at Hanes,
  • Acts 7:22 : 22 So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.
  • Gen 41:38-39 : 38 So Pharaoh asked his officials,“Can we find a man like Joseph, one in whom the Spirit of God is present?” 39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Because God has enabled you to know all this, there is no one as wise and discerning as you are!
  • Ps 78:12 : 12 He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-20 : 19 For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.” 20 Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?
  • Isa 44:25 : 25 who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,
  • Jer 10:14 : 14 All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.
  • Jer 10:21 : 21 For our leaders are stupid. They have not sought the LORD’s advice. So they do not act wisely, and the people they are responsible for have all been scattered.
  • Jer 49:7 : 7 Judgment Against Edom The LORD of Heaven’s Armies spoke about Edom.“Is wisdom no longer to be found in Teman? Can Edom’s counselors not give her any good advice? Has all of their wisdom turned bad?
  • Ezek 7:26 : 26 Disaster after disaster will come, and one rumor after another. They will seek a vision from a prophet; priestly instruction will disappear, along with counsel from the elders.
  • Ezek 30:14 : 14 I will desolate Pathros, I will ignite a fire in Zoan, and I will execute judgments on Thebes.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.
  • Prov 30:2 : 2 Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;
  • Isa 19:3 : 3 The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians.
  • Isa 19:13 : 13 The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis are misled; the rulers of her tribes lead Egypt astray.
  • Isa 29:14 : 14 Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people– an absolutely extraordinary deed. Wise men will have nothing to say, the sages will have no explanations.”
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned! 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.
  • Job 12:17 : 17 He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 The LORD frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.
  • Ps 73:22 : 22 I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.

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    12But where, oh where, are your wise men? Let them tell you, let them find out what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned for Egypt.

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    2“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his hordes:“‘Who are you like in your greatness?

  • Jer 25:19
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    19I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh, king of Egypt; his attendants, his officials, his people,

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    10Those who make cloth will be demoralized; all the hired workers will be depressed.

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    8Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

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    2They travel down to Egypt without seeking my will, seeking Pharaoh’s protection, and looking for safety in Egypt’s protective shade.

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    4Though his officials are in Zoan and his messengers arrive at Hanes,

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    22You must say to Pharaoh,‘This is what the LORD has said,“Israel is my son, my firstborn,

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    2“Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:“‘You were like a lion among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your streams.

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    2“Son of man, turn toward Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

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    17He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

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    22The LORD answered,“This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”

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    33“So now Pharaoh should look for a wise and discerning man and give him authority over all the land of Egypt.

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    8The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

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    13Labor Motivated by Prestige-Seeking A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.

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    9Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the LORD’s message, what wisdom do they really have?

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    18Which of the trees of Eden was like you in majesty and loftiness? You will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword! This is what will happen to Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”

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    10Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!

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    19I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

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    6Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your Creator? He has made you and established you.

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    8Indeed, he says:“Are not my officials all kings?

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    4I will hand Egypt over to a harsh master; a powerful king will rule over them,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.

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    16Even the soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, people of Israel.

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    22giving him authority to imprison his officials and to teach his advisers.

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    6Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the LORD because they were a reed staff for the house of Israel;

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    4I thought,“Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the LORD demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.

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    43when he performed his awesome deeds in Egypt, and his acts of judgment in the region of Zoan.

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    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.

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    7Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler!

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    8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

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    11A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.