Isaiah 9:13
For the people turneth not vnto him that smiteth them, neither doe they seeke the Lord of hostes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
In Context
14Therefore will the Lord cut off from Israel head and taile, branche and rush in one day.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:22And in ye time of his tribulation did he yet trespasse more against ye Lord, (this is King Ahaz)
Isaiah 1:5Wherefore shoulde ye be smitten any more? for ye fall away more and more: the whole head is sicke, and the whole heart is heauie.
Isaiah 19:15Neither shall there be any worke in Egypt, which the head may doe, nor the tayle, ye branch nor the rush.
Isaiah 31:1Woe vnto them that goe downe into Egypt for helpe, and stay vpon horses, and trust in charets, because they are many, and in horsemen, because they be very strong: but they looke not vnto the holy one of Israel, nor seeke vnto the Lord.
Jeremiah 5:3O Lord, are not thine eyes vpon the trueth? thou hast striken them, but they haue not sorowed: thou hast consumed them, but they haue refused to receiue correction: they haue made their faces harder then a stone, and haue refused to returne.
Jeremiah 31:18I haue heard Ephraim lamenting thus, Thou hast corrected me, and I was chastised as an vntamed calfe: conuert thou me, and I shalbe conuerted: for thou art the Lord my God.
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 →