Isaiah 9:15
Elders and honorable people are the head, and prophets who teach lies are the tail.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
In Context
14So in just a single day the Lord will chop off Israel's head and tail, palm branch and reed.
16The people's leaders have misled them; those who were guided by them are confused.
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:6But the servant replied, “Hold on! There's a man of God here in this town. He's very well thought of, and everything he says comes true. Let's go and see him. Maybe he can tell us which way we should take.”
1 Kings 22:22‘How are you going to do that?’ the Lord asked. ‘I will go and be a lying spirit and make all his prophets tell lies,’ the spirit replied. ‘That will work,’ the Lord responded. ‘Go and do it.’
Isaiah 3:5People will mistreat one another, person against person, neighbor against neighbor; the young will assault the old, and the dregs of society will attack those who are reputable.
Isaiah 5:13As a result my people will be exiled for their lack of understanding. Their honored leaders will starve, and the crowds will be dying of thirst.
Isaiah 29:10For the Lord has made you very sleepy, and he has shut the eyes and covered the heads of those who speak for God and see visions.
Jeremiah 14:14The prophets are prophesying lies in my name, replied the Lord. I didn't send them or choose them or speak to them. It's a lying vision, an empty prediction, a deluded, deceitful product of their own minds that they are prophesying to you.
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 →