He deprives the leaders of the earth’s people of intelligence And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

他将地上民中首领的聪明夺去，使他们在荒废无路之地漂流；

他将地上百姓中领袖的聪明夺去，使他们迷失在荒凉无路之地。

他将地上百姓中领袖的聪明夺去，使他们迷失在荒凉无路之地。

祂夺去世人首领的心智，使他们在无路的荒野流浪。

他除掉地上人民中首领的悟性，使他们在无路的荒野之地飘流。

他將地上民中首領的聰明奪去，使他們在荒廢無路之地漂流；

他將地上百姓中領袖的聰明奪去，使他們迷失在荒涼無路之地。

他將地上百姓中領袖的聰明奪去，使他們迷失在荒涼無路之地。

祂奪去世人首領的心智，使他們在無路的荒野流浪。

他除掉地上人民中首領的悟性，使他們在無路的荒野之地飄流。

他將地上萬族之民的首領聰明之心除掉，使他們在荒蕪沒路之地漂流無定。

奪諸國民長之聰明、使其流離於無路之荒野、

使州牧心盲、如流離曠野、躑躅窮途、

使國之民長、失其慧心、使之迷於無路之野、

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

He takes away the understanding of the leaders of the earth. He makes them wander in a desert where no one lives.

He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste.

He strips kings of understanding and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.

He deprives the world’s leaders of reason, and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.

He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

He deprives the world’s leaders of reason, and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness[ where there is] no way.

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

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.

He pours contempt upon noblemen And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders.

Let his mind change from that of a human And let an animal’s mind be given to him, And let seven periods of time pass over him.

The pronouncement concerning Egypt: Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

For You have kept their hearts away from understanding; Therefore You will not exalt them.

They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not find a way to an inhabited city.

And He said,“ Go, and tell this people:‘ Keep on listening, but do not understand; And keep on looking, but do not gain knowledge.’Make the hearts of this people insensitive, Their ears dull, And their eyes blind, So that they will not see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their hearts, And return and be healed.”

So Ephraim has become like a gullible dove, without sense; They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Immediately the word concerning Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled; and he was driven away from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.