¹⁷ He leads ^(A)counselors away stripped,
    and ^(B)judges he makes fools.

²⁵ who frustrates the signs of liars
    and makes fools of diviners,
^(A)who turns wise men back
    and makes their knowledge foolish,

²⁴ He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth
    and ^(A)makes them wander in a trackless waste.

53 ^(A)Who has believed what he has heard from us?^[a]
    And to whom has ^(B)the arm of the Lord been revealed?

^18 (A)Your heart will muse on the terror:
    “Where is he who counted, where is ^(B)he who weighed the tribute?
    Where is ^(C)he who counted the towers?”