Isaiah 19:13 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
11Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
12Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
13The 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.
14The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
15Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Jeremiah 10:14
Both verses discuss the foolishness of leaders and the consequences of their actions.
1 Corinthians 1:27
God often chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom.
Source: Isaiah 19:13