Isaiah 19:11
The princes of Tanis are become fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish counsel: how will you say to Pharao: I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10And its watery places shall be dry, all they shall mourn that made pools to take fishes.
Cross References
Exodus 8:4And the frogs shall come in to thee and to thy people, and to all thy servants.
Numbers 13:22And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.
1 Kings 5:10So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees, and fir trees, according to all his desire.
Job 12:17He bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and judges to insensibility.
Psalms 73:22and I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.
Psalms 78:43How he wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Tanis.
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 →