Isaiah 9:14
And so, the Lord will disperse, away from Israel, the head and the tail, he who bows down and he who refrains, in one day.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
In Context
13And the people did not return to the One who struck them, and they did not seek the Lord of hosts.
15The long-lived and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:2the strong man, and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the seer and the elder;
Isaiah 19:15And there will be no work for Egypt that would produce a head or a tail, one who bows down or one who refrains from bowing down.
Hosea 1:4And the Lord said to him: “Call his name Jezreel because, after a little while, I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put the kingdom of the house of Israel to rest.
Hosea 1:9And he said: “Call his name, Not My People, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.
Hosea 5:12And I will be like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
Hosea 9:11Ephraim has chased away their glory like a bird: from birth, and from the womb, and from conception.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:9-21
Threatenings against Judah; Threatenings against Israel. ( b. c. 740.) 8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. 9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. 11 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; 12 The Syrians… Read the whole commentary →