Moreover, they that work in flax of divers sorts, shall be confounded, and they that weave nets.

10 For their nets shall be broken, and all they that make ponds shall be heavy in heart.

11 Surely the princes of [a]Zoan are fools: the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh, is become foolish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I [b]am the son of the wise? I am the son of the ancient kings?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 19:11 Called also Tanis, a famous city upon the Nile.
  2. Isaiah 19:11 He noteth the flatterers of Pharaoh: who persuaded the king that he was wise and noble, and that his house was most ancient, and so he flattered himself, saying, I am wise.

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