Isaiah 9:14
(9:13) And the Lord cutteth off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, on one day.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
In Context
13(9:12) And the people return not unto him that smiteth them, and the Lord of hosts do they not seek.
15(9:14) The ancient and honorable is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies is the tail.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:2The hero, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
Isaiah 19:15And there shall not be for Egypt [successful] work, which the head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
Hosea 1:4And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Yizre'el; for but yet a little while, when I will visit the blood of Yizre'el upon the house of Jehu, and I will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Hosea 1:9Then said he, Call his name Lo-'ammi [[Not my people]]; for ye are not my people, and I will indeed not be unto you [a God].
Hosea 5:12But like the moth became I unto Ephraim, and like rottenness to the house of Judah.
Hosea 9:11As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there is no more birth, and 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 →