Isaiah 19:12

Where then are your wise men? 1 Let them tell you and make known what Yahweh of hosts plans concerning Egypt. 1

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In The King James Version

Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

In Context

11The princes of Zoan are completely foolish. The advice of the wisest advisors of Pharaoh has become senseless. 1 How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of wise men, a son of ancient kings?” 1

13The princes of Zoan have become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have made Egypt go astray, who are the cornerstones of her tribes. + 19:13 Instead of Memphis , some versions have Noph , the Hebrew name for the same city in Egypt. 1

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Cross References

Judges 9:38Then Zebul said to him, “Where are your proud words now, you who said, 'Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?' Are these not the men you despised? Go out now and fight against them.”

Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own understanding! 1

Isaiah 40:13Who has comprehended the mind of Yahweh, or instructed him as his counselor? 1

Isaiah 41:23Tell things about the future, that we may know if you are gods; 1 do something good or evil, that we may be frightened and impressed. 1

Isaiah 47:10You have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, “No one sees me”; 1 your wisdom and your knowledge lead you astray, 1 but you say in your heart, “I exist, and there is no one else like me.” 1

Obadiah 1:8“Will I not on that day,” says Yahweh, “destroy the wise men from Edom and understanding out of the mountain 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 →

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