What an amazing thing to behold.
The narrative might as well be entitled, "How to destroy the wisdom of the wise."
Every plan exposed, elucidated, and flipped over by way of the lowly pun. That's as humiliating as it can get for those who derive great power and pleasure from the works of their superior intellect.
Wile E. Coyote with all his ACME explosives and trompe l'oeil painting projects. Poor devil. Try as he might, he just couldn't get the job done.
Religious establishments really ought to take note. The method from on High is being shown through political theater. Or rather, it was revealed waaay back when all those blessings poured forth from Bilaam.
"I told you I saw mountains." :)