Isaiah 19:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 Utter fools are the princes of Zoan![a]
the wisest of Pharaoh’s advisers give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a descendant of wise men, of ancient kings”?
Footnotes
- 19:11, 13 Zoan, later known as Tanis, and Memphis (Hebrew Noph) were key cities in the Nile Delta.
Isaiah 19:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 The princes of Zoan have become fools,
the princes of Memphis have been deceived.
The chiefs of its tribes
have led Egypt astray.(A)
Jeremiah 46:25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, has said: See! I will punish Amon[a] of Thebes and Egypt, gods, kings, Pharaoh, and those who trust in him.(A)
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- 46:25 Amon: the sun-god worshiped at Thebes in Upper Egypt.
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