Isaiah 9:14
Therefore shall Jehovah cut off from Israel the head and the tail, The palm-branch and the rush, in one day.
Noyes 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
13The people turn not to him that smiteth them; Neither do they seek Jehovah of hosts.
15[[The aged and the honorable are the head, And the prophet that speaketh falsehood is the tail.]]
Cross References
Isaiah 3:2The mighty man, and the warrior, The judge, the prophet, the diviner, and the sage,
Isaiah 19:15There shall be nothing which can be done by Egypt, By the head, or the tail, the palm-branch, or the rush.
Hosea 1:4And Jehovah said to him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will bring the kingdom of the house of Israel to an end.
Hosea 1:9And God said, Call his name Not-my-people. For ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
Hosea 5:12I am as a moth to Ephraim, And as rottenness to the house of Judah.
Hosea 9:11The glory of Ephraim shall fly away as a bird; They shall not bring forth, nor bear in the womb, nor conceive;
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 →