Isaiah 9:14
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.
World English 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
13Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought the LORD of Armies.
15The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:2the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the diviner, the elder,
Isaiah 19:15Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.
Hosea 1:4The 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 Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
Hosea 1:9He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.
Hosea 5:12Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
Hosea 9:11As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth, no one with child, 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 →