He removes the lips of the trusted ones, and takes away the discretion of the elders.

For You have hidden their heart from understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

And He said, Go, and tell this people, You listen to hear, but do not understand; you look to see, but do not perceive.

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back, and be healed.

The burden against Egypt: Behold, Jehovah rides on a swift cloud and comes into Egypt. And the idols of Egypt shall tremble at His presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in its midst.

Let his heart be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the heart of a beast. And let seven times pass over him.

That very hour the word was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he was driven from men, and he ate grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens, until his hair had grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart; they call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.

They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; they found no city to dwell in.

He pours contempt upon nobles, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no path;