Isaiah 19:11
Surely, foolish, are the princes of Zoan, the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh, in counsel are brutish,—How can ye say unto Pharaoh, Son of the wise, am I Son of the kings of olden time?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10Then shall her pillars be crushed,—All who make wages, be bowed down in soul.
Cross References
Exodus 8:4both against thee, and against thy people, and against all thy servants, shall come up the frogs.
Numbers 13:22Yea they went up in the South and entered as far as Hebron, and there, were Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai descendants of the Anak. Now, Hebron, was built seven years, before Zoan of Egypt.
1 Kings 5:10So then Hiram began giving unto Solomon timber of cedar, and timber of fir, even all his desire,
Job 12:17Who leadeth away counsellors [as] a spoil, and, judges, He befooleth:
Psalms 73:22But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.
Psalms 78:43When he set, in Egypt, his signs, And his wonders, in the plain 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 →