Isaiah 9:14 · KJV
“Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.”
— Isaiah 9:14
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
The ancient and honourable, he {is} the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he {is} the tail.
Isaiah 9 — Context
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand {is} stretched out still. {open: Heb. whole}
13For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
14Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
15The ancient and honourable, he {is} the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he {is} the tail.
16For the leaders of this people cause {them} to err; and {they that are} led of them {are} destroyed. {the leaders: or, they that call them blessed} {led of: or, called blessed of} {destroyed: Heb. swallowed up}
Cross References
Revelation 18:8
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong {is} the Lord God who judgeth her.
Isaiah 19:15
Neither shall there be {any} work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
Isaiah 30:13
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
Amos 3:12
Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus {in} a couch. {taketh: Heb. delivereth} {in Damascus...: or, on the bed's feet}
Amos 6:11
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. {breaches: or, droppings}
Micah 1:6-8
Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, {and} as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
Hosea 8:8
Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein {is} no pleasure.
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff {that} is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.