Verse 11
Isaiah 19:11
Literal Standard Version
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Only, the princes of Zoan are fools, || The counsel of the wise ones of the counselors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of kings of antiquity?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַךְ אֱוִלִים֙ שָׂ֣רֵי צֹ֔עַן חַכְמֵי֙ יֹעֲצֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה עֵצָ֖ה נִבְעָרָ֑ה אֵ֚יךְ תֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל פַּרְעֹ֔ה בֶּן חֲכָמִ֥ים אֲנִ֖י בֶּן מַלְכֵי קֶֽדֶם
English Translation
But the foolish leaders of Zoan, the wise counselors of Pharaoh, have given a foolish counsel; how can you say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of wise men, a son of ancient kings"?
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Chapter 19 Context
1
The burden of Egypt. Behold, YHWH is riding on a swift thick cloud, || And He has entered Egypt, ||...
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2
And I armed Egyptians against Egyptians, || And they fought, each against his brother, || And each a...
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3
And the spirit of Egypt has been emptied out in its midst. And I swallow up its counsel, || And they...
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4
And I have delivered the Egyptians || Into the hand of a hard lord, || And a strong king rules over...
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5
And waters have failed from the sea, || And a river is desolated and dried up.
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6
And they have turned away the flowings, || Brooks of the bulwark have been weak and dried up, || Ree...
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7
Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, || And every sown thing of the brook, has wit...
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8
And the fishers have lamented, || And all casting a hook into the brook have mourned, || And those s...
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9
And makers of fine flax have been ashamed, || And weavers of networks.
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10
And its foundations have been struck, || All making wages are afflicted in soul.
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11
Only, the princes of Zoan are fools, || The counsel of the wise ones of the counselors of Pharaoh ha...
12
Where are they now, your wise ones? Indeed, let them now tell it to you, || And they know what YHWH...
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13
Princes of Zoan have been foolish, || Princes of Noph have been lifted up, || And they have caused E...
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14
YHWH has mingled in her midst || A spirit of perverseness, || And they have caused Egypt to err in a...
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15
And there is no work to Egypt, || That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.
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16
In that day Egypt is like women, || And it has mourned, and been afraid, || Because of the waving of...
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17
And the land of Judah has been to Egypt for a cause of staggering, || Everyone who mentions it, fear...
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18
In that day there are five cities in the land of Egypt, || Speaking the lip of Canaan, || And sweari...
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19
In that day there is an altar to YHWH || In the midst of the land of Egypt, || And a standing pillar...
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20
And it has been for a sign and for a testimony, || To YHWH of Hosts in the land of Egypt, || For the...
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21
And YHWH has been known to Egypt, || And the Egyptians have known YHWH in that day, || And done sacr...
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22
And YHWH has struck Egypt, striking and healing, || And they have turned back to YHWH, || And He has...
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23
In that day a highway is out of Egypt to Asshur, || And the Assyrians have come into Egypt, || And t...
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24
In that day Israel is third, || With Egypt, and with Asshur, || A blessing in the heart of the earth...
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25
In that YHWH of Hosts blessed it, saying, “Blessed is My people—Egypt, || And the work of My hands—A...
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