Verse 24

He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 107:40 : 40 He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.
• Job 12:20 : 20 He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
• Job 17:4 : 4 Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
• Ps 107:4 : 4 They wandered through the wilderness, in a wasteland; they found no road to a city in which to live.
• Isa 6:9-9 : 9 He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’ 10 Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”
• Isa 19:1 : 1 The Lord Will Judge Egypt This is an oracle about Egypt: Look, the LORD rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage.
• Dan 4:16 : 16 Let his mind be altered from that of a human being, and let an animal’s mind be given to him, and let seven periods of time go by for him.
• Dan 4:33 : 33 Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle’s feathers, and his nails like a bird’s claws.
• Hos 7:11 : 11 Israel Turns to Assyria and Egypt for Help Ephraim has been like a dove, easily deceived and lacking discernment. They called to Egypt for help; they turned to Assyria for protection.