Isaiah 19:9-11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁹The workers in flax will be in despair,
and the carders and those at the loom will grow pale.
¹⁰Its weavers will be dismayed,
and all who work for wages will be grieved.^(A)

¹¹Clearly the princes of Zoan are foolish;
    the wise counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
    “I am one of the sages,
    a descendant of ancient kings”?^(B)