Isaiah 9:16
Those who lead this people lead them astray, and those who are led by them are swallowed up. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
In Context
15The leader and the noble man are the head; and the prophet that teaches lies is the tail. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 8:55He stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying,
Isaiah 3:12My people—children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. 1 My people, those who guide you lead you astray and confuse the direction of your path. 1
Isaiah 10:4Nothing remains, and you crouch among the prisoners or fall among the killed. 1 In all these things, his anger does not subside; instead, his hand is still stretched out. 1
Jeremiah 18:21Therefore give their children over to famine, and give them to the hands of those who use the sword. 1 So let their women become bereaved and widows, and their men be killed, and their young men killed by the sword in battle. 1
Matthew 23:16Woe to you, you blind guides, you who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound to his oath.'
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 →