"He deprivesof intelligencethe chiefsof the earth'speopleAnd makes them wanderin a pathlesswaste.
"He deprivesthe trustedones of speechAnd takesaway the discernmentof the elders.
"For You have kepttheir heartfrom understanding,ThereforeYou will not exalt[them].
They wanderedin the wildernessin a desertregion;They did not finda wayto an inhabitedcity.
He pourscontemptupon princesAnd makes them wanderin a pathlesswaste.
[On account of] the sinof their mouth[and] the wordsof their lips,Let them even be caughtin their pride,And on accountof cursesand lieswhich they utter.
The oracleconcerning Egypt.Behold,the LORDis ridingon a swiftcloudand is about to cometo Egypt;The idolsof Egyptwill trembleat His presence,And the heartof the Egyptianswill meltwithinthem.
Its foliage[was] beautifuland its fruitabundant,And in it [was] foodfor all.The beastsof the fieldfoundshadeunderit, And the birdsof the skydweltin its branches,And alllivingcreaturesfedthemselves from it.
I was lookingin the visionsin my mind[as I lay] on my bed,and behold,an [angelic] watcher,a holyone,descendedfrom heaven.
"Let his mindbe changedfrom [that of] a manAnd let a beast'smindbe givento him, And let sevenperiods of timepassoverhim.
"Immediatelythe wordconcerningNebuchadnezzarwas fulfilled;and he was drivenawayfrom mankindand began eatinggrasslike cattle,and his bodywas drenchedwith the dewof heavenuntilhis hairhad grownlike eagles'[feathers] and his nailslike birds'[claws].
So Ephraimhas becomelike a sillydove,withoutsense;They callto Egypt,they goto Assyria.
