20 He deprives trusted advisers of speech

And takes away the sensibleness of old men;*

24 He takes away the understanding* of the leaders of the people

And makes them wander in trackless wastelands.+

 3 And the spirit of Egypt will become bewildered within it,

And I will confuse its plans.+

They will resort to the worthless gods,

To the charmers and to the spirit mediums and to the fortune-tellers.+