Isaiah 19:14

¹² Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

¹³ The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.

The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

¹⁵ There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed.

¹⁶ In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.
KJV: The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
WEB: The LORD has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the middle of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
ASV: Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
DARBY: Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst thereof; and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunkard staggereth in his vomit.
BLB: YHWH has mixed into her midst a spirit of distortions, and Egypt they have led astray in all her work, like the staggering of a drunkard in his vomit.

ÅB: Herren har utøst i deres indre en svimmelhets-ånd, og de har ført Egypt vill i all dets gjerning, som en drukken mann forvillet tumler om i sitt spy.
OTB: Herren har blandet i henne en ånd av svimmelhet; de får Egypt til å sjangle i alt hun gjør, som en drukkenbolt sjangler i sitt oppkast.
B1930: Herren har utøst i deres indre en svimmelhets-ånd, og de har ført Egypten vill i all dets gjerning, som en drukken mann forvillet tumler om i sitt spy.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Thessalonians 2:11
For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,
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1 Kings 22:20–23
And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
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Ezekiel 14:7–9
For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
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Job 12:25
They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
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Isaiah 47:10–11
You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
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Jeremiah 25:27
“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
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Job 12:16
True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
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Isaiah 29:9–10
Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
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