Isaiah 19:12

19:12 But where, oh where, are your wise men?

Let them tell you, let them find out

what the Lord who commands armies has planned for Egypt.

Isaiah 19:14

19:14 The Lord has made them undiscerning;

they lead Egypt astray in all she does,

so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit.


tn Heb “Where are they? Where are your wise men?” The juxtaposition of the interrogative pronouns is emphatic. See HALOT 38 s.v. אֶי.

tn Heb “the Lord has mixed into her midst a spirit of blindness.”

tn Heb “like the going astray of a drunkard in his vomit.”