For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

O My people! Their oppressors are children,
And women rule over them.
O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray
And confuse the direction of your paths.

And these also reel with wine and stagger from strong drink:
The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from strong drink;
They reel while having visions,
They totter when rendering judgment.

The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

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.

The princes of Zoan have acted like fools,
The princes of Memphis are deluded [and entertain false hope];
Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes
Have led Egypt astray.

Those who are confused will gain understanding,
and those who grumble will accept instruction.

And the leaders of this people were misleading [them], and those who were led [were] confused.