Isaiah 19:11
Surely the sarim of Tzoan are fools, 1 the etzah (advice) of the wise counselors of Pharaoh is become senseless; 1 how say ye unto Pharaoh, 1 I am the Ben Chachamim, 1 the Ben Malchei Kedem? 1
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Exodus 8:4Then Pharaoh called for Moshe and Aharon, and said, Entreat Hashem, that He may take away the tzefardaya from me, and from My people; and I will let HaAm go, that they may do sacrifice unto Hashem.
Numbers 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Chevron; where Achiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the Anak, were. (Now Chevron was built seven shanim before Tzoan in Mitzrayim.)
1 Kings 5:10And the chochmah Sh'lomo excelled the chochmat kol Bnei Kedem and kol chochmat Mitzrayim.
Job 12:17He leadeth yoatzim (counsellors) away stripped, 1 and maketh the shofetim (judges) fools. 1
Psalms 73:22So senseless was I, and ignorant; 1 I was like behemot before Thee. 1
Psalms 78:43How He had wrought His otot in Mitzrayim, 1 and His mofetim in the area of Tzoan. 1
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 →