²⁴ He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

⁴⁰ He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

²⁰ He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

⁴ For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt `them'.

⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.

⁹ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

¹⁰ Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they sea with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

¹ The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

¹⁶ let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.

³³ The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles' `feathers', and his nails like birds' `claws'.

¹¹ And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.