Isaiah 9:14
the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
In Context
13So the Lord took away from Israel the head and tail, great and small, in one day:
Cross References
Isaiah 3:2the great and mighty man, the warrior and the judge, and the prophet, and the counselor, and the elder,
Isaiah 19:15And there shall be no work to the Egyptians, which shall make head or tail, or beginning or end.
Hosea 1:4And the Lord said to him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Judah, and will make to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Hosea 1:9And he said, Call his name, Not my people: for ye are not my people, and I am not your God.
Hosea 5:12Therefore I will be as consternation to Ephraim, and as a goad to the house of Judah.
Hosea 9:11Ephraim has flown away as a bird; their glories from the birth, and the travail, and the 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 →