He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders.
It is not the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right.
Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste.
For behold, the Lord God of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water; the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder, the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms.
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
because God has made her forget wisdom and given her no share in understanding.
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