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.
Where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt - i:e., How is it that, with all their boast of knowing the future (Diodorus, 1: 81), they do not know what Yahweh of hosts hath purposed against Egypt, as He declares now by me, His prophet?