¹⁷ He leads rulers away stripped^(A)
    and makes fools of judges.^(B)

¹² Where are your wise men^(A) now?
    Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
    has planned^(B) against Egypt.

¹⁸ In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:^(A)
    “Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
    Where is the officer in charge of the towers?^(B)”

²⁵ who foils^(A) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,^(B)
who overthrows the learning of the wise^(C)
    and turns it into nonsense,^(D)