²⁰ He removes the speech of those who are trusted, And takes away the understanding of the elders.

⁹ It is not the great who are wise, Nor the aged who understand justice.

⁴ For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore shall you not exalt them.

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

¹⁷ Because God has deprived her of wisdom, Neither has he imparted to her understanding.

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many, But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

¹⁹ Truth's lips will be established forever, But a lying tongue is only momentary.

²² Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, But those who do the truth are his delight.

¹ For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, The whole supply of bread, And the whole supply of water;

² The mighty man, The man of war, The judge, The prophet, The diviner, The elder,

³ The captain of fifty, The honorable man, The counselor, The skilled craftsman, And the clever enchanter.