Isaiah 9:13
So the Lord took away from Israel the head and tail, great and small, in one day:
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
In Context
12But the people turned not until they were smitten, and they sought not the Lord.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:22but only troubled him in his affliction: and he departed yet more from the Lord, and king Achaz said,
Isaiah 1:5Why should ye be smitten any more, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad.
Isaiah 19:15And there shall be no work to the Egyptians, which shall make head or tail, or beginning or end.
Isaiah 31:1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for they are many; and in horses, which are a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought the Lord.
Jeremiah 5:3O Lord, thine eyes are upon faithfulness: thou hast scourged them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return.
Jeremiah 31:18Come down from thy glory, and sit down in a damp place: Dæbon shall be broken, because Moab is destroyed: there has gone up against thee one to ravage thy strong-hold.
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 →