Isaiah 19:12
Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
Cross-reference
In Isaiah 5:21, a woe against those wise in their own eyes parallels the challenge to Egypt's wise men to reveal God's plan.
In Isaiah 41:22, the challenge to idols to declare the future parallels the challenge to Egypt's wise men to reveal God's purpose.
Isaiah 41:23 repeats the challenge to idols to declare the future, directly mirroring the taunt against Egypt's wise men.
In Isaiah 44:7, God challenges anyone to declare the future as He does, echoing the same theme of divine sovereignty over prediction.
In Isaiah 40:13, the question 'Who has measured the Spirit?' emphasizes that no one can instruct God, contrasting with Egypt's failed wise men.
In Isaiah 40:14, asking who taught God reinforces that human wisdom cannot advise the Lord, similar to Egypt's foolish counselors.
In Isaiah 47, Babylon trusts in astrologers and sorcerers, similar to Egypt's reliance on wise counselors—both futile.
Job 11:7 asks rhetorically if anyone can find out the deep things of God, directly reinforcing the point that human wisdom fails to know His purposes.
Romans 11:33 exclaims the depth of God's unsearchable judgments, echoing the theme that His purposes are beyond human discovery.
Romans 11:34 asks who has known the mind of the Lord, a direct parallel to the futile challenge for Egypt's wise men to know His plan.
In 1 Corinthians 1:20, Paul asks 'Where is the wise?' directly echoing Isaiah's challenge, declaring God made worldly wisdom foolish.
In Job 12:17, God similarly strips counselors and makes judges fools — the same divine humbling of human wisdom seen here.
In Jeremiah 2:28, 'Where are your gods?' taunts false gods, paralleling the challenge to Egypt's wise men.