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

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 deprives the leaders of the earth’s people of intelligence And makes them wander in a pathless 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 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 would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

Let his mind be altered from that of a human being, and let an animal’s mind be given to him, and let seven periods of time go by for him.

Here is a message about Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift- moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage.

Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.

He said,“ Go and tell these people:‘ Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”

Ephraim has been like a dove, easily deceived and lacking discernment. They called to Egypt for help; they turned to Assyria for protection.

Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle’s feathers, and his nails like a bird’s claws.