Isaiah 19:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The leaders of the city of Zoan are fools. Pharaoh’s “wise advisors” give bad advice. They say they are wise. They say they are from the old family of the kings, but they are not as smart as they think.

Cross References

Numbers 13:22

They entered the country through the Negev 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 of Anak.

Acts 7:22

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

Isaiah 30:4

Your leaders have gone to Zoan, and your representatives have gone to Hanes.

Psalm 78:43

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

1 Kings 4:30

He was wiser than anyone in the East or in Egypt.

Psalm 78:12

While their ancestors watched, he showed his great power at Zoan in Egypt.

Ezekiel 30:14

I will make Pathros empty. I will start a fire in Zoan. I will punish Thebes.

Ezekiel 7:26

You will hear one sad story after another. You will hear nothing but bad news. You will look for a prophet and ask him for a vision. The priests will have nothing to teach you, and the elders will not have any good advice to give you.

Jeremiah 49:7

This message is about Edom. This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Is there no more wisdom in Teman? Are the wise men of Edom not able to give good advice? Have they lost their wisdom?

Jeremiah 10:21

The shepherds are stupid. They don’t try to find the Lord. They are not wise, so their flocks are scattered and lost.

Jeremiah 10:14

People are so stupid! Metalworkers are fooled by the idols that they themselves made. These statues are nothing but lies. They are stupid.

Isaiah 44:25

False prophets tell lies, but the Lord shows that their lies are false. He makes fools of those who do magic. He confuses even the wise. They think they know a lot, but he makes them look foolish.

Isaiah 29:14

So I will continue to amaze them by doing powerful and amazing things. Their wise men will lose their wisdom. Even the most intelligent among them will not be able to understand.”

Isaiah 19:13

The leaders of Zoan have been fooled. The leaders of Noph have believed lies, so they lead Egypt the wrong way.

Isaiah 19:3

The Egyptians will be afraid and confused. They will ask their false gods and wise men what they should do. They will ask their wizards and magicians, but I will ruin their plans.”

Proverbs 30:2

I am stupid. I am not as smart as other people are.

Psalm 92:6

Stupid people don’t know this. Fools don’t understand.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord can ruin every decision the nations make. He can spoil all their plans.

Job 12:17

He strips advisors of their wisdom and makes leaders act like fools.

Jeremiah 8:9

These “wise people” refused to listen to the Lord’s teachings. So they are not really wise at all. These “wise people” were trapped. They became shocked and ashamed.

Jeremiah 46:17

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

Ezekiel 28:17

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

Obadiah 1:7

All those who are your friends will force you out of the land. Those who were at peace with you will trick you, and they will defeat you. The soldiers who fought by your side are planning a trap for you. They say, ‘He doesn’t expect a thing!’”

Exodus 8:4

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

Exodus 8:14

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

1 Kings 5:10

So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar and fir logs that he wanted.

Obadiah 1:8

The Lord says, “On that day I will destroy the wise people from Edom. I will destroy the intelligent people from the mountain of Esau.