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All the people who make cloth from flax will be sad,
    and those who weave linen will lose hope.
10 Those who weave cloth will be broken.
    All those who work for money will be sad.

11 The officers of the city of Zoan are fools;
    the wise men who advise the king of Egypt give wrong advice.
How can you say to him, ‘I am wise’?
    How can you say, ‘I am from the old family of the kings’?

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Those who work with combed flax(A) will despair,
    the weavers of fine linen(B) will lose hope.
10 The workers in cloth will be dejected,
    and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

11 The officials of Zoan(C) are nothing but fools;
    the wise counselors(D) of Pharaoh give senseless advice.(E)
How can you say to Pharaoh,
    “I am one of the wise men,(F)
    a disciple of the ancient kings”?

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