Isaiah 19:11
Surely the princes of Zoan are fooles: the counsell of the wise counselers of Pharaoh is become foolish: how say ye vnto Pharaoh, I am the sonne of the wise? I am the sonne of the ancient Kings?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
10For their nettes shalbe broken, and all they, that make pondes, shalbe heauie in heart.
Cross References
Exodus 8:4Yea, the frogges shall climbe vp vpon thee, and on thy people, and vpon all thy seruants.
Numbers 13:22So they went vp, and searched out the lande, from the wildernesse of Zin vnto Rehob, to go to Hamath,
1 Kings 5:10So Hiram gaue Salomon cedar trees and firre trees, euen his full desire.
Job 12:17He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.
Psalms 73:22So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a beast before thee.
Psalms 78:43Nor him that set his signes in Egypt, and his wonders in the fielde 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 →