Isaiah 9:15

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

In Context

14Therefore hath Yahweh cut off from Israel—Head and tail Palm-top and rush, In one day.

16And they who should have led this people forward have been causing them to stray,—And, they who are led of them are destroyed,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 9:6And he said to him: Lo! I pray thee, a man of God, [liveth] in this city, and, the man, is held in honour, all that he saith, surely cometh to pass. Now, let us go thither; peradventure he may tell us our way, whereon we should have gone.

1 Kings 22:22And Yahweh said unto him—Wherewith? And he said—I will go forth, and become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets,—So he said,—Thou mayest persuade, yea and prevail, go forth, and do so.

Isaiah 3:5And the people will, tyrannise, Every man over his fellow-man, And every man over his friend,—And they will rage The boy against, the elder, And the despised, against, the honourable,

Isaiah 5:13Therefore, are my people taken away captive before they know it,—And their honourable men are famished with hunger, And, their multitude, do gape for thirst.

Isaiah 29:10For Yahweh, hath poured out upon you, a spirit of deep sleep, Yea hath tightly shut your eyes—the prophets,—And, your heads—the seers, hath he covered,

Jeremiah 14:14So then Yahweh said unto me, Falsehood, are the prophets prophesying in my name, I have not sent them Neither have I commanded them, Neither have I spoken unto them,—A vision of falsehood, and A divination of worthlessness and A fraud of their own hearts, They, are prophesying unto you.

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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