Isaiah 19:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

The spirits of the Egyptians within them will be drained of courage, and I will bring their plans to nothing. They will consult idols and spirits of the dead, and mediums and spiritists.

Therefore, watch out! "As for me, I will once again do amazing things with this people, wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the insights of their discerning men will stay hidden."

who frustrates the omens of idle talkers, and drives diviners mad, who turns back the wise, and makes their knowledge foolish;

He frustrates the plans of the crafty; so that what they work for never succeeds.

He leads counselors away naked; he turns judges into fools.

The LORD makes void the counsel of nations; he frustrates the plans of nations.

To Edom: This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished among the prudent? Is their wisdom gone?

Disaster upon disaster will come, followed by rumor after rumor. They'll seek an oracle from the prophet, but the Law will be gone from the priests, and counsel from the elders.

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will reject."

Zoan

And it will turn out that his officials are at Zoan, and his envoys will reach Hanes.

They went through the Negev and reached Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak lived. (Hebron had been constructed seven years before Zoan in Egypt had been built).

He performed marvelous things in the presence of their ancestors in the land of Egypt in the fields of Zoan.

I'm going to turn Pathros into a desolation, set fire to Zoan, and judge Thebes.

Brutish

Then, I was too stupid and didn't realize I was acting like a wild animal with you.

A stupid man doesn't know, and a fool can't comprehend this:

Surely I am beyond the senselessness of any man; I do not perceive things the way human beings do.

Everyone is stupid and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false. There is no life in them.

I am

so Pharaoh asked his servants, "Can we find anyone else like this someone in whom the Spirit of God lives?

Solomon was wiser than any of the eastern leaders and wiser than anyone in Egypt.

So Moses learned all the wisdom of the Egyptians and became a great man, both in words and in deeds.

General references

The frogs will be all over you and your servants."'"

because God didn't grant her wisdom and never gave her understanding.

A nation falls through a lack of guidance, but victory comes through the counsel of many.

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will reject."