"For their princesare at ZoanAnd their ambassadorsarriveat Hanes.
But the kingof Assyriafoundconspiracyin Hoshea,whohad sentmessengersto Sokingof Egyptand had offerednotributeto the kingof Assyria,as [he had done] yearby year;so the kingof Assyriashuthim up and boundhim in prison.
He wroughtwondersbeforetheir fathersIn the landof Egypt,in the fieldof Zoan.
The princesof Zoanare merefools;The adviceof Pharaoh'swisestadvisershas becomestupid.Howcan you [men] sayto Pharaoh,"I am a sonof the wise,a sonof ancientkings"?
"You have journeyedto the kingwith oilAnd increasedyour perfumes;You have sentyour envoysa great distanceAnd made [them] godownto Sheol.
and they enteredthe landof Egypt(for they did not obeythe voiceof the LORD)and wentin as faras Tahpanhes.
I have hearda messagefrom the LORD,And an envoyis sentamong the nations,[saying], "Gatheryourselves together and comeagainsther, And riseup for battle!"
"I will makePathrosdesolate,Seta firein ZoanAnd executejudgmentson Thebes.
"In Tehaphnehesthe daywill be darkWhen I breaktherethe yokebarsof Egypt.Then the prideof her powerwill ceasein her; A cloudwill coverher, And her daughterswill gointo captivity.
They turn,[but] not upward,They are like a deceitfulbow;Their princeswill fallby the swordBecauseof the insolenceof their tongue.This[will be] their derisionin the landof Egypt.
The visionof Obadiah.Thussaysthe LordGODconcerning Edom--We have hearda reportfrom the LORD,And an envoyhas been sentamong the nations[saying], "Ariseand let us goagainsther for battle"--
When they had goneup into the Negev,they cameto HebronwhereAhiman,Sheshaiand Talmai,the descendantsof Anakwere. (Now Hebronwas builtsevenyearsbeforeZoanin Egypt.)
