Isaiah 9:14-19

New International Version

¹⁴ So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
    both palm branch and reed^(A) in a single day;^(B)
15 the elders^(C) and dignitaries^(D) are the head,
    the prophets^(E) who teach lies^(F) are the tail.
¹⁶ Those who guide^(G) this people mislead them,
    and those who are guided are led astray.^(H)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,^(I)
    nor will he pity^(J) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly^(K) and wicked,^(L)
    every mouth speaks folly.^(M)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.^(N)

¹⁸ Surely wickedness burns like a fire;^(O)
    it consumes briers and thorns,^(P)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,^(Q)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
¹⁹ By the wrath^(R) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched^(S)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;^(T)
    they will not spare one another.^(U)