Isaiah 19:11

New International Reader's Version

The officials of the city of Zoan are very foolish. Pharaoh’s wise men give advice that doesn’t make any sense. How can they dare to say to Pharaoh, “We’re among the wise men”? How can they say to him, “We’re like the advisers to the kings of long ago”?

Cross References

1 Kings 4:30

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the east. It was greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

1 Kings 5:10

So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the cedar and juniper logs he wanted.

Job 12:17

He removes the wisdom of rulers and leads them away. He makes judges look foolish.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord blocks the sinful plans of the nations. He keeps them from doing what they want to do.

Psalm 73:22

I didn’t have any sense. I didn’t know anything. I acted like a wild animal toward you.

Psalm 78:12

He did miracles right in front of their people who lived long ago. At that time they were living in Egypt, in the area of Zoan.

Psalm 78:43

They forgot how he had shown them his signs in Egypt. They forgot his miracles in the area of Zoan.

Psalm 92:6

Here is something that people without sense don’t know. Here is what foolish people don’t understand.

Exodus 8:14

The Egyptians piled them up. The land smelled very bad because of them.

Exodus 8:4

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

Proverbs 30:2

Surely I am only a dumb animal and not a man. I don’t understand as other men do.

Isaiah 19:13

The officials of Zoan have become foolish. The leaders of Memphis have been lied to. The most important leaders in Egypt have led its people astray.

Isaiah 19:3

The people of Egypt will lose hope. I will keep them from doing what they plan to do. They will ask their gods for advice. They will turn to the spirits of dead people for help. They will go to people who get messages from those who have died. They will ask for advice from people who talk to the spirits of the dead.

Isaiah 29:14

So once more I will shock these people with many wonderful acts. I will destroy the wisdom of those who think they are so wise. I will do away with the cleverness of those who think they are so smart.”

Isaiah 30:4

Their officials have gone to the city of Zoan. Their messengers have arrived in Hanes.

Isaiah 44:25

“Some prophets are not really prophets at all. I show that their signs are fake. I make those who practice evil magic look foolish. I destroy the learning of those who think they are wise. Their knowledge does not make any sense at all.

Jeremiah 10:14

No one has any sense or knows anything at all. Everyone who works with gold is put to shame by his gods. The metal gods he has made are fakes. They can’t even breathe.

Jeremiah 10:21

The leaders of my people are like shepherds who don’t have any sense. They don’t ask the Lord for advice. That’s why they don’t succeed. And that’s why their whole flock is scattered like sheep.

Jeremiah 46:17

The Egyptian soldiers will cry out, ‘Pharaoh, our king, is only a loud noise. He has missed his chance to win the battle.’

Jeremiah 49:7

Here is what the Lord says about Edom. The Lord who rules over all says, “Isn’t there wisdom in the town of Teman anymore? Can’t those who are wise give advice? Has their wisdom disappeared completely?

Jeremiah 8:9

Those who think they are wise will be put to shame. They will become terrified. They will be trapped. They have not accepted my message. So what kind of wisdom do they have?

Ezekiel 28:17

You thought you were so handsome that it made your heart proud. You thought you were so glorious that it spoiled your wisdom. So I threw you down to the earth. I made an example out of you in front of kings.

Ezekiel 30:14

I will completely destroy Upper Egypt. I will set Zoan on fire. I will punish Thebes.

Ezekiel 7:26

Trouble after trouble will come. One report will follow another. But they will not be true. The people will go searching for a vision from the prophets. But there will not be any. The teaching of the law by the priests will be gone. Advice from the elders will come to an end.

Obadiah 1:7

All those who are helping you will force you to leave your country. Your friends will trick you and overpower you. Those who eat bread with you will set a trap for you. But you will not see it.”

Obadiah 1:8

Here is what the Lord announces. “At that time I will destroy the wise men of Edom. I will wipe out the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau.

Numbers 13:22

They went up through the Negev Desert and came to Hebron. That’s where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai lived. They belonged to the family line of Anak. Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan. Zoan was a city in Egypt.

Acts 7:22

Moses was taught all the knowledge of the people of Egypt. He became a powerful speaker and a man of action.