9 The linen-workers shall be disappointed,the combers and weavers shall turn pale;
10 The spinners shall be crushed,all the hired laborers shall be despondent.
11 Utter fools are the princes of Zoan!the wisest of Pharaoh’s advisers give stupid counsel.How can you say to Pharaoh,“I am a descendant of wise men, of ancient kings”?
12 Where then are your wise men?Let them tell you and make knownWhat the Lord of hosts has plannedagainst Egypt.
13 The princes of Zoan have become fools,the princes of Memphis have been deceived.The chiefs of its tribeshave led Egypt astray.
14 The Lord has prepared among thema spirit of dizziness,And they have made Egypt stagger in whatever she does,as a drunkard staggers in his vomit.
15 Egypt shall accomplish nothing—neither head nor tail, palm branch nor reed, shall accomplish anything.