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12 Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now [if they are so wise], and let them make known what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt [if they can].

13 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.

14 The Lord has mingled a spirit of perverseness, error, and confusion within her; [her leaders] have caused Egypt to stagger in all her doings, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

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12 Where are your wise men(A) now?
    Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
    has planned(B) against Egypt.
13 The officials of Zoan(C) have become fools,
    the leaders of Memphis(D) are deceived;
the cornerstones(E) of her peoples
    have led Egypt astray.
14 The Lord has poured into them
    a spirit of dizziness;(F)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
    as a drunkard staggers(G) around in his vomit.

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