Isaiah 9:16
And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down headlong.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
In Context
15The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:55And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a, loud voice, saying:
Isaiah 3:12As for my people, their oppressors have stripped them, and women have ruled over them. O my people, they that call thee blessed, the same deceive thee, and destroy the way of thy steps.
Isaiah 10:4That you be not bowed down under the bond, and fall with the slain? In all these things his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Jeremiah 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle.
Matthew 23:16Woe to you blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple, is a debtor.
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 →