Isaiah 19:12
Where are now thy wise men? let them tell thee, and shew what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Judges 9:38And Zebul said to him: Where is now thy mouth wherewith thou saidst? Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? Is not this the people which thou didst despise? Go out, and fight against him.
Isaiah 5:21Woe to you that rue wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own conceits.
Isaiah 40:13Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him?
Isaiah 41:23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together.
Isaiah 47:10And thou best trusted in thy wickedness, and hast said: There is none that seeth me. Thy wisdom, and thy knowledge, this hath deceived thee. And thou best said in thy heart: I am, and besides me there is no other.
Obadiah 1:8Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, destroy the wise 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 →