Isaiah 9:14

Therefore hath Yahweh cut off from Israel—Head and tail Palm-top and rush, In one day.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 unto him that smote them,—And Yahweh of hosts, have they not sought.

15The elder and favourite, he, is the head,—And the prophet teaching falsehood, he, is the tail;

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Cross References

Isaiah 3:2Man of might and man of war,—Judge and prophet And diviner and elder;

Isaiah 19:15And Egypt shall have nothing which can be done, Which head or tail, palm-top or rush, can do!

Hosea 1:4Then said Yahweh unto him, Call his name Jezreel: for, yet a little, and I will visit the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Hosea 1:9Then said he, Call his name Lo-ammi [="No people of mine"],—for ye are Lo-ammi ["No people of mine"], and, I, will not be yours.

Hosea 5:12But, I, was like a moth, to Ephraim,—and like rotten wood to the house of Judah.

Hosea 9:11As for Ephraim! like a bird, did their glory, fly away,—no birth, and none with child, 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 →

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