Isaiah 9:13-17

International Standard Version

¹³ “But the people have not returned to rely^[a] on^[b] him who struck them,
    nor have they sought the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.
¹⁴ So the Lord has cut off from Israel head and tail,
    palm branch and reed
        in^[c] a single day—
¹⁵ the elder and the dignitary is the head,
    and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.
¹⁶ For those who guide this people have been leading them astray,
    and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
¹⁷ Therefore the Lord does not have pity on^[d] their young men,
    and has no compassion on their orphans^[e] and widows,
because each of them was godless and an evildoer,
    and every mouth spoke folly.