Isaiah 19:9-11

New Catholic Bible

⁹ The linen-workers will despair,
    as will the combers and weavers.
¹⁰ The spinners will be dismayed,
    and all who work for wages will be crushed.
¹¹ The princes of Zoan^[a] are utter fools;
    the wisest of Pharaoh’s counselors offer stupid advice.
How can you dare to say to Pharaoh,
    “I am descended from sages;
    I spring from ancient kings”?