Isaiah 9:14
So in just a single day the Lord will chop off Israel's head and tail, palm branch and reed.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
In Context
15Elders and honorable people are the head, and prophets who teach lies are the tail.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:2their strong fighters and soldiers, leaders and prophets, fortune-tellers and elders,
Isaiah 19:15Nobody in Egypt can do anything, whoever they are—head or tail, palm tree or reed.
Hosea 1:4The Lord told Hosea, “Call him Jezreel, because I am going to punish the house of Jehu for the blood he shed at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
Hosea 1:9The Lord told Hosea, “Call him Lo-ammi, because you are not my people and I am not your God.
Hosea 5:12I am like a maggot to Ephraim, and like something rotten to the people of Judah.
Hosea 9:11Ephraim! Like a bird that flies away so shall your glory be—no births, no pregnancies, no conceptions.
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 →