He silences those who are trusted, and takes the wisdom of old people away.

You have closed their minds to reason; don't let them triumph over me now.

So he told me to go and give the people this message: "No matter how much you listen, you will not understand. No matter how much you look, you will not know what is happening."

Then he said to me, "Make the minds of these people dull, their ears deaf, and their eyes blind, so that they cannot see or hear or understand. If they did, they might turn to me and be healed."

This is a message about Egypt. The LORD is coming to Egypt, riding swiftly on a cloud. The Egyptian idols tremble before him, and the people of Egypt lose their courage.

For seven years he will not have a human mind, but the mind of an animal.

The words came true immediately. Nebuchadnezzar was driven out of human society and ate grass like an ox. The dew fell on his body, and his hair grew as long as eagle feathers and his nails as long as bird claws.

Israel flits around like a silly pigeon; first her people call on Egypt for help, and then they run to Assyria!

Some wandered in the trackless desert and could not find their way to a city to live in.

he showed contempt for their oppressors and made them wander in trackless deserts.