Isaiah 19:11

Oracle Of Judgment On Egypt

¹⁰ And the pillars of Egypt will be crushed;
All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.
¹¹ The princes of Zoan are mere fools;
The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become stupid.
How can you men say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
¹² Well then, where are your wise men?
Please let them tell you,
And let them understand what the Lord of hosts
Has purposed against Egypt.

Wise Counsel

Wise Men

Pharaoh

Zoan

Numbers 13:22

When they had gone up into the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

1 Kings 4:30

Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Psalm 78:43

When He performed His signs in Egypt
And His marvels in the field of Zoan,

Isaiah 30:4

“For their princes are at Zoan
And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes.

Acts 7:22

Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.

Genesis 41:38-39

Then Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in whom is a divine spirit?”

Psalm 78:12

He wrought wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

Job 5:12-13

“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.

Job 12:17

“He makes counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

Psalm 73:22

Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.

Psalm 92:6

A senseless man has no knowledge,
Nor does a stupid man understand this:

Proverbs 30:2

Surely I am more stupid than any man,
And I do not have the understanding of a man.

Isaiah 19:3

“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;
And I will confound their strategy,
So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead
And to mediums and spiritists.

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan have acted foolishly,
The princes of Memphis are deluded;
Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes
Have led Egypt astray.

Isaiah 29:14

Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;
And the wisdom of their wise men will perish,
And the discernment of their discerning men will be concealed.”

Isaiah 44:25

Causing the omens of boasters to fail,
Making fools out of diviners,
Causing wise men to draw back
And turning their knowledge into foolishness,

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge;
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols;
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 10:21

For the shepherds have become stupid
And have not sought the Lord;
Therefore they have not prospered,
And all their flock is scattered.

Jeremiah 49:7

Concerning Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?
Has good counsel been lost to the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?

Ezekiel 7:26

Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be added to rumor; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will be lost from the priest and counsel from the elders.

Ezekiel 30:14

“I will make Pathros desolate,
Set a fire in Zoan
And execute judgments on Thebes.

1 Corinthians 1:19-20

For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”