1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written,. will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will. bring to nought.

'For it is written'. Isaiah 2:14

The gospel message, is simply one more example of where trying to match wits with God ends in utter failure. Where mere human wisdom, is seen to be bankrupt. (Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 2:1; Job 2:1; Job 2:1; Job 2:1; Job 2:1; Job 2:1) 'Yet is is the folly of our human machinations that we think we can outwit God, or that lets us think that God ought to be. least as smart as we are.' (Fee p. 70) It's not the first time that human wisdom has been seen to fail, neither will it be the last.

'will. bring to nought' -'and ignore the best ideas of men, even the most brilliant of them.' (Tay)

McGuiggan describes the background of Isaiah 2:14. 'The political advisors urged alliances with foreigners to preserve Jerusalem. It all sounded so smart. Pay Assyria and secretly ally with Egypt in case Assyria isn't faithful to his word. His wise, how brilliant; and they didn't need God. How stupid! And the Grecian philosophers didn't need God either.' (p. 33)