Isaiah 19:11-13

New International Reader's Version

¹¹ 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”?

¹² Pharaoh, where are your wise men now?
    Let them tell you
what the Lord who rules over all
    has planned against Egypt.
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.