Isaiah 19:12
Where are now thy wise men? and let them declare to thee, and say, What has the Lord of hosts purposed upon Egypt?
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Judges 9:38And Zebul said to him, And where is thy mouth as thou spokest, Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? Is not this the people whom thou despisedst? go forth now, and set the battle in array against him.
Isaiah 5:21Woe to them that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing in their own sight.
Isaiah 40:13Who has known the mind of the Lord? and who has been his counselor, to instruct him?
Isaiah 41:23tell us, declare ye to us the things that are coming on at the last time, and we shall know that ye are gods: do good, and do evil, and we shall wonder, and see at the same time
Isaiah 47:10for thy trusting in wickedness: for thou saidst, I am, and there is not another: know thou, the understanding of these things and thy harlotry shall be thy shame; for thou saidst in thy heart, I am, and there is not another.
Obadiah 1:8In that day, saith the Lord, I will 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 →