Isaiah 19:11-16

New King James Version

¹¹ Surely the princes of ^(A)Zoan are fools;
Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel.
^(B)How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise,
The son of ancient kings?”
^12 (C)Where are they?
Where are your wise men?
Let them tell you now,
And let them know what the Lord of hosts has ^(D)purposed against Egypt.
¹³ The princes of Zoan have become fools;
^(E)The princes of ^[a]Noph are deceived;
They have also ^[b]deluded Egypt,
Those who are the ^[c]mainstay of its tribes.
¹⁴ The Lord has mingled ^(F)a perverse spirit in her midst;
And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
¹⁵ Neither will there be any work for Egypt,
Which ^(G)the head or tail,
Palm branch or bulrush, may do.