Isaiah 19:11

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Summary

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

The princes

Zoan

Brutish

I am

Genesis 41:38

1 Kings 4:30

Acts 7:22

General references

Bible References

The princes

And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

that frustrateth the signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.

Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

Of Edom. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

Zoan

For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes.

And they went up by the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments upon No.

Brutish

So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.

A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

I am

And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.

General references

and the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.