Isaiah 19:11
Surely fools are the princes of Zo'an, !!the wise of the counsellors of Pharaoh [impart] silly counsel: how can ye say unto Pharaoh, I am a son of the wise, a son of the ancient kings?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
10And its foundations shall be beaten down, all that build sluices shall be grieved in soul.
Cross References
Exodus 8:4(7:29) And upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants, shall the frogs come up.
Numbers 13:22And they ascended on the south side, and came unto Hebron; and there were Achiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of 'Anak; [now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.]
1 Kings 5:10(5:24) So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees and fir-trees, all his desire.
Job 12:17He leadeth counsellors away bereft of sense, and maketh the judges fools.
Psalms 73:22But I was indeed foolish, and I knew it not: I was as a [thoughtless] beast with thee.
Psalms 78:43When he displayed in Egypt his signs, and his wonderful tokens in the fields of Zo'an.
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 →