Isaiah 9:13
Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them,neither have they sought the Lord of hosts.
New Heart English Bible
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 the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail,palm branch and reed, in one day.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:22In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the Lord, this same king Ahaz.
Isaiah 1:5Why should you be beaten more,that you revolt more and more?The whole head is sick,and the whole heart faint.
Isaiah 19:15Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.
Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,and rely on horses,and trust in chariots because they are many,and in horsemen because they are very strong,but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel,and they do not seek the Lord!
Jeremiah 5:3O Lord, do your eyes not look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, 'You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are 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 →