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.

⁴⁰ He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

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

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

⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.

⁹ He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, But don't understand; And you see indeed, But don't perceive.'

¹⁰ Make the heart of this people fat; Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; Lest they see 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, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to 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 animal's heart be given to him; and let seven times pass over him.

³³ The same hour was the thing fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair was grown like eagles' [feathers], and his nails like birds' [claws].

¹¹ "Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.