Isaiah 19:12
Where then are thy wise men? And let them tell thee now, and let them know what LORD of hosts has purposed concerning Egypt.
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Judges 9:38Then Zebul said to him, Where is now thy mouth, that thou said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? Is not this the people that thou have despised? Go out now, I pray, and fight with them.
Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isaiah 40:13Who has has known the mind (LXX/NT) of LORD, or being his counselor has taught him?
Isaiah 41:23Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods. Yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Isaiah 47:10For thou have trusted in thy wickedness. Thou have said, None sees me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it has perverted thee. And thou have said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
Obadiah 1:8Shall I not in that day, says LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 19:2-18
The Doom of Egypt. ( b. c. 710.) 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. 2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel… Read the whole commentary →