Isaiah 9:14
So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
Berean Standard Bible
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 did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
15The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:2the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,
Isaiah 19:15There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed.
Hosea 1:4Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
Hosea 1:9And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
Hosea 5:12So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
Hosea 9:11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and 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 →