Isaiah 9:14
And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel the head and the tail, him that bendeth down, and him that holdeth back, in one day.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
In Context
15The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:2The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the cunning man, and the ancient.
Isaiah 19:15And there shall be no work for Egypt, to make head or tail, him that bendeth down, or that holdeth back.
Hosea 1:4And the Lord said to him: Call his name Jezrahel: for yet a little while, and I will visit the blood of Jezrahel upon the house of Jehu, and I will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
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 rottenness to the house of Juda.
Hosea 9:11As for Ephraim, their glory hath flown away like a bird from the birth, and from the womb, and from the 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 →