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”?

⁹ You went to Molek^[a](A) with olive oil
    and increased your perfumes.^(B)
You sent your ambassadors^[b](C) far away;
    you descended to the very realm of the dead!^(D)

¹⁶ They do not turn to the Most High;^(A)
    they are like a faulty bow.^(B)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent^(C) words.
For this they will be ridiculed^(D)
    in the land of Egypt.^(E)

¹¹ “Ephraim is like a dove,^(A)
    easily deceived and senseless—
now calling to Egypt,^(B)
    now turning to Assyria.^(C)
12 When they go, I will throw my net^(D) over them;
    I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
    I will catch them.

¹⁸ Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes^(A)
    when I break the yoke of Egypt;^(B)
    there her proud strength will come to an end.
She will be covered with clouds,
    and her villages will go into captivity.^(C)

¹⁴ I will lay^(A) waste Upper Egypt,
    set fire to Zoan^(B)
    and inflict punishment on Thebes.^(C)