¹⁷ for God did not endow her with wisdom
    or give her a share of good sense.^(A)

¹¹ who teaches^(A) us^(B) more than he teaches^[a] the beasts of the earth
    and makes us wiser than^[b] the birds in the sky?’

¹⁷ I was enraged by their sinful greed;^(A)
    I punished them, and hid^(B) my face in anger,
    yet they kept on in their willful ways.^(C)

¹¹ The officials of Zoan^(A) are nothing but fools;
    the wise counselors^(B) of Pharaoh give senseless advice.^(C)
How can you say to Pharaoh,
    “I am one of the wise men,^(D)
    a disciple of the ancient kings”?

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

⁴ You have closed their minds to understanding;^(A)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.