Isaiah 9:14
And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
In Context
13But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, and they do not seek Jehovah of hosts.
15the ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:2the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,
Isaiah 19:15Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
Hosea 1:4And Jehovah said unto him, Call his name Jizreel; for yet a little, and I will visit the blood of Jizreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
Hosea 1:9and he said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be for you.
Hosea 5:12And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Hosea 9:11As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away as a bird, no birth, no pregnancy, no 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 →