He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste.
he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders.
Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.
Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles' feathers, and his nails were like birds' claws.
Let his mind be changed from a man's, and let a beast's mind be given to him; and let seven periods of time pass over him.
An oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’ Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;
Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.
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