Their officials have gone to the city of Zoan. Their messengers have arrived in Hanes.

他们的首领已在琐安；他们的使臣到了哈内斯。

他们的领袖已在琐安，他们的使臣到了哈内斯。

他们的领袖已在琐安，他们的使臣到了哈内斯。

虽然他们的官长和使臣已到琐安和哈内斯，

他们的领袖虽然已在琐安，他们的使臣虽然已到达哈内斯，

虽然他们的首领们已经在琐安，他们的使者们已经到达哈内斯，

他們的首領已在瑣安；他們的使臣到了哈內斯。

他們的領袖已在瑣安，他們的使臣到了哈內斯。

他們的領袖已在瑣安，他們的使臣到了哈內斯。

雖然他們的官長和使臣已到瑣安和哈內斯，

他們的領袖雖然已在瑣安，他們的使臣雖然已到達哈內斯，

因為他的首領雖已在瑣安，他的使者雖抵達了哈內斯，

雖然他們的首領們已經在瑣安，他們的使者們已經到達哈內斯，

彼之牧伯已在瑣安、使者已至哈內斯、

牧伯至鎖安國、使詣哈匿、

其侯伯至瑣安、使臣詣哈內斯、

Though they have officials in Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

For though his officials are at Zoan and his envoys reach Hanes,

For though his power extends to Zoan and his officials have arrived in Hanes,

For though his princes are at Zoan and his messengers reach as far as Hanes,

For their officials are at Zoan And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes.

For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to Hanes.

For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes.

For though his princes are at Zoan and his messengers reach as far as Hanes,

For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

Though his officials are in Zoan and his messengers arrive at Hanes,

For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.

The officials of the city of Zoan are very foolish. Pharaoh’s wise men give advice that doesn’t make any sense. How can they dare to say to Pharaoh,“ We’re among the wise men”? How can they say to him,“ We’re like the advisers to the kings of long ago”?

So the Jewish leaders disobeyed the Lord. They took everyone to Egypt. They went all the way to Tahpanhes.

I will completely destroy Upper Egypt. I will set Zoan on fire. I will punish Thebes.

You took olive oil to the god named Molek. You took a lot of perfume along with you. You sent your messengers to places far away. You even sent them down to the place of the dead.

But the king of Assyria found out that Hoshea had turned against him. Hoshea had sent messengers to So, the king of Egypt. Hoshea didn’t send gifts to the king of Assyria anymore. He had been sending them every year. So Shalmaneser grabbed him and put him in prison.

I am the Most High God. But they do not turn to me. They are like a bow that does not shoot straight. Their leaders will be killed by swords. They will die because they have spoken too proudly. The people of Egypt will make fun of them.”

I will break Egypt’s power over other lands. That will be a dark day for Tahpanhes. There the strength Egypt was so proud of will come to an end. Egypt will be covered with clouds. The people in its villages will be taken away as prisoners.

The Lord says,“ The people of Ephraim are like a dove. They are easily tricked. They do not have any sense at all. First they call out to Egypt for help. Then they turn to Assyria.When they send for help, I will throw my net over them. I will capture them like the birds in the sky. When I hear them gathering like birds, I will catch them.

They went up through the Negev Desert and came to Hebron. That’s where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai lived. They belonged to the family line of Anak. Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan. Zoan was a city in Egypt.