²⁰ He silences the lips of trusted advisers
    and takes away the discernment of elders.^(A)

²⁴ He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;^(A)
    he makes them wander in a trackless waste.^(B)

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,^(D)
    who spreads out the earth^(E) by myself,
²⁵ who foils^(F) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,^(G)
who overthrows the learning of the wise^(H)
    and turns it into nonsense,^(I)

⁸ “In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “will I not destroy^(A) the wise men of Edom,
    those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
    the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”^[a](A)