¹⁴ So Yahweh cuts off ^(A)head and tail from Israel,
Both palm branch and bulrush ^(B)in a single day.
¹⁵ The head is ^(C)the elder and the ^[a]highly respected man,
And the prophet who teaches ^(D)falsehood is the tail.
^16 (E)For those who guide this people are leading them astray;
And those who are guided by them are ^[b]brought to confusion.
¹⁷ Therefore the Lord ^(F)is not glad in their choice men,
^(G)Nor does He have compassion on their ^[c]orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is ^(H)godless and an ^(I)evildoer,
And every ^(J)mouth is speaking wicked foolishness.
^(K)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn back,
And His hand is still stretched out.