Job 12:24
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He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
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He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.
Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.