¹⁷ He leads rulers away stripped^(A)
    and makes fools of judges.^(B)

¹⁴ Therefore once more I will astound these people
    with wonder upon wonder;^(A)
the wisdom of the wise^(B) will perish,
    the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.^(C)”

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
    the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”^[a](A)

¹² Where are your wise men^(A) now?
    Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
    has planned^(B) against Egypt.
¹³ The officials of Zoan^(C) have become fools,
    the leaders of Memphis^(D) are deceived;
the cornerstones^(E) of her peoples
    have led Egypt astray.
¹⁴ The Lord has poured into them
    a spirit of dizziness;^(F)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
    as a drunkard staggers^(G) around in his vomit.

²⁴ When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,^(A)
    he blindfolds its judges.^(B)
    If it is not he, then who is it?^(C)

¹⁴ with kings and rulers of the earth,^(A)
    who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,^(B)