And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
The spirit of Egypt - the wisdom for which Egypt was famed (Isaiah 31:2; 1 Kings 4:30; Acts 7:22): answering to "counsel" in the parallel clause. Shall fail (nabquah) - literally, be poured out, or emptied; i:e., be made void (Jeremiah 19:7).
They shall seek to the idols ... charmers ... familiar spirits ... wizards - they shall "seek" help from sources that can afford none - "charmers," etc. (Isaiah 8:19).
Charmers (Hebrew, ittim, from at, a low sound) - literally, those making a faint sound. The soothsayers imitated the faint sound which was attributed to the spirits of the dead (note, Isaiah 8:19).