Isaiah 9:14
The zaken and prominent man is the head; 1 and the navi that is the moreh sheker (teacher of lies, false teacher) is the tail. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
13Therefore Hashem will root out of Yisroel head and tail, 1 palm branch and reed, in yom echad. 1
Cross References
Isaiah 3:2The Gibbor, and the Ish Milchamah, 1 the Shofet, and the Navi, 1 the Diviner, and the Zaken, 1
Isaiah 19:15Neither shall there be any ma'aseh for Mitzrayim, 1 which the head or tail, 1 branch or stalk, may do.
Hosea 1:4And Hashem said unto him: Call shmo Yizre'el (G-d will sow); for yet a little while, and I will visit vengeance upon Bais Yehu for the demei Yizre'el (massacre at Yizre'el), and will cause to cease + 1:4 722 BCE Mamlechut Bais Yisroel. + 1:4 See 1Kgs 21; 2Kgs 9
Hosea 1:9Then said G-d, Call shmo (his name) Lo-ammi; for ye are lo ammi (not My people), and to you (pl) not eh'h'yeh (I AM: which is ALEFH HEH YOD HEH 1 common sg form of YOD HEH VAV HEH — HASHEM; i.e., to you I am not Hashem).
Hosea 5:12Therefore will I be unto Ephrayim like maggots, 1 and to the Bais Yehudah like rottenness. 1
Hosea 9:11As for Ephrayim, their kavod shall fly away like a bird, 1 from the birth, and from the beten (womb), and from the conception. 1
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 →