The princes of Zoan are utter fools. Pharaoh’s wisest counselors are stupid. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
Isaiah 19:13 - Tree of Life Version The princes of Zoan are fools. the princes of Noph are deceived. The cornerstone of her tribes have led Egypt astray. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The princes of Zoan have become fools, and the princes of Memphis are confused and deceived; those who are the cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray. American Standard Version (1901) The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes. Common English Bible The officials of Tanis have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deluded; the tribal chiefs have led Egypt astray. Catholic Public Domain Version The leaders of Tanis have become foolish. The leaders of Memphis have decayed. They have deceived Egypt, the corner of its people. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The princes of Tanis are become fools, the princes of Memphis are gone astray: they have deceived Egypt, the stay of the people thereof. |
The princes of Zoan are utter fools. Pharaoh’s wisest counselors are stupid. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
Even the sons of Noph and Tahpanhes have grazed on the crown of your head.
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt—at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Noph, and in the region of Pathros, saying,
“Declare it in Egypt, proclaim in Migdol, and announce in Noph and Tahpanhes. Say: ‘Stand up and get ready! For the sword has devoured all around you.
O daughter dwelling in Egypt, get your bags ready for exile! For Noph will become a ruin laid waste, uninhabited.
Thus says Adonai Elohim: “I will destroy the idols. I will destroy the pagan gods from Noph. There will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt. I will strike terror in the land of Egypt.
I will make Pathros desolate. I will set a fire in Zoan. I will execute judgments in No.
I will set a fire in Egypt. Sin will writhe in anguish. No will be assaulted. Noph will face enemies daily.
Look, even if they escape the desolation, Egypt will gather them up; Memphis will bury them. And their precious silver treasures? Weeds will possess them. Thorns will be in their tents.
From Judah will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow and from him every leader together.
‘I see him, yet not at this moment. I behold him, yet not in this location. For a star will come from Jacob, a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of all the sons of Seth.
Now the value is for you who keep trusting; but for those who do not trust, “The stone which the builders rejected— this One has become the chief cornerstone,”
Then Saul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; investigate and see how this sin was committed today.