Isaiah 19:11

The leaders of Zoan are stupid. Pharaoh's wise counselors give advice that doesn't make sense. How can you tell Pharaoh, “I myself am a wise man, descended from ancient kings”?

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Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

In Context

10The cloth workers will be depressed, and everyone who earns a wage will feel sick inside.

12So where are your wise counselors? Let them tell you so you can understand what the Lord Almighty has planned to do to Egypt.

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Cross References

Exodus 8:4Frogs will jump all over you, your people, and all your officials.’”

Numbers 13:22They went through the Negev and arrived in Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. This town was built seven years before the Egyptian town of Zoan.

1 Kings 5:10So Hiram provided Solomon with as much cedar and cypress timber as he wanted,

Job 12:17He leads counselors away stripped of their wisdom, he makes judges into fools.

Psalms 73:22I was stupid and ignorant. I was like a brute beast to you.

Psalms 78:43performing miracles in Egypt, doing wonderful things on the plain of Zoan.

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 →

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