Isaiah 19:11

Easy To Read Version

“The leaders of the city Zoan are fools. Pharaoh’s ‘wise advisers’ give wrong advice. Those leaders say they are wise. They say they are from the old family of the kings. But they are not wise like they think.”

Cross References

1 Kings 4:30

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the men in the East. And his wisdom was greater than all the men in Egypt.

Job 12:17

God strips advisors of their wisdom\par and makes leaders act like fools.\par

Psalm 33:10

The Lord can make everyone’s advice useless.\par He can ruin all their plans.\par

Psalm 78:12

God showed their fathers\par his great power at Zoan in Egypt.\par

Psalm 78:43

They forgot the miracles in Egypt,\par the miracles in the fields of Zoan.\par

Psalm 92:6

Compared to you,\par people are like stupid animals.\par We are like fools\par who can’t understand anything.\par

Exodus 8:14

They began to rot, and the whole country began to stink.

Exodus 8:4

The frogs will be all over you, your people, and your officials.’”

Proverbs 30:2

I am the worst person on earth. I am not able to understand like I should.

Isaiah 19:13

The leaders of Zoan have been fooled. The leaders of Noph have believed false things. So the leaders lead Egypt the wrong way.

Isaiah 19:3

The people of Egypt will be confused. The people will ask their false gods and wise men what they should do. The people will ask their wizards and magicians. But their advice will be worthless.”

Isaiah 29:14

So I will continue to amaze these people by doing powerful and amazing things. Their wise men will lose their wisdom. Their wise men will not be able to understand.”

Isaiah 30:4

Your leaders have gone to Zoan {\cf2\super [273]} and your ambassadors have gone to Hanes. {\cf2\super [274]}

Isaiah 44:25

False prophets {\cf2\super [397]} tell lies, but the Lord shows their lies are false. The Lord makes foolish people of the men that do magic. The Lord confuses even wise men. They think they know much, but the Lord makes them look foolish.

Jeremiah 10:14

People are so stupid!\par Metal workers are fooled by the idols\par that they themselves made.\par Those statues are nothing but lies.\par They are stupid. {\cf2\super [82]} \par

Jeremiah 10:21

The shepherds (leaders) are stupid.\par They don’t try to find the Lord.\par They are not wise,\par so their flocks (people) are scattered and lost.\par

Jeremiah 46:17

In their homelands, those soldiers will say,\par ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only\par a lot of noise.\par His time of glory is over.’”\par

Jeremiah 49:7

This message is about Edom.

Jeremiah 8:9

Those ‘wise people’ refused to listen\par to the Lord’s teachings.\par So they are not really wise people at all.\par Those ‘wise people’ were trapped.\par They became shocked and ashamed.\par

Ezekiel 28:17

Your beauty made you proud.\par Your glory ruined your wisdom.\par So I threw you down to the ground.\par And now other kings stare at you.\par

Ezekiel 30:14

I will make Pathros empty.\par I will start a fire in Zoan.\par I will punish No,\par

Numbers 13:22

They entered the country through the Negev [172] and went to Hebron. (The town of Hebron was built seven years before the town of Zoan in Egypt.) Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai lived there. These men were descendants [173] of Anak.

Acts 7:22

The Egyptians taught Moses about all the things they knew. He was powerful in the things he said and did.