¹⁷ Nevertheless my eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

¹¹ Lewdness and wine and new wine take away the heart.

¹¹ The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?"

¹² Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what Yahweh of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt.