Isaiah 9:14
And Jehovah cutteth off from Israel head and tail, Branch and reed — the same day,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
In Context
15Elder, and accepted of face, he [is] the head, Prophet, teacher of falsehood, he [is] the tail.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:2Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,
Isaiah 19:15And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.
Hosea 1:4and Jehovah saith unto him, 'Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little, and I have charged the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and have caused to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel;
Hosea 1:9and He saith, 'Call his name Lo-Ammi, for ye [are] not My people, and I am not for you;
Hosea 5:12And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.
Hosea 9:11Ephraim [is] as a fowl, Fly away doth their honour, without birth, And without womb, and without 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 →