Isaiah 9:14

Therefore hath the Lorde rooted out of Israel both head and tayle, bough and reede in one day.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

In Context

13For the people turneth not vnto hym that chastiseth them, neither do they seeke the Lorde of hoastes.

15By the head, is vnderstande the senatour and honourable man, and by the tayle, the prophete that preached lyes.

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Cross References

Isaiah 3:2The captayne and the souldiour, the iudge and the prophete, the prudent and the aged man,

Isaiah 19:15Neither shall the head or tayle, the braunche or reede, be able to do any worke in Egypt.

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 →

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