Isaiah 9:13-17

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹³ The people did not turn to Him who struck them;
they did not seek the Lord of Hosts.
¹⁴ So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail,^(A)
palm branch and reed in a single day.
¹⁵ The head is the elder, the honored one;^(B)
the tail is the prophet, the lying teacher.^(C)
16 The leaders of the people mislead them,
and those they mislead are swallowed up.^[a]
17 Therefore the Lord does not rejoice
over^[b] Israel’s young men
and has no compassion
on its fatherless and widows,
for everyone is a godless evildoer,^(D)
and every mouth speaks folly.
In all this, His anger is not removed,
and His hand is still raised to strike.