Isaiah 9:13-17

English Standard Version

¹³ The people ^(A)did not turn to him who struck them,
    nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
¹⁴ So the Lord cut off from Israel ^(B)head and tail,
    palm branch and reed in one day—
^15 (C)the elder and honored man is the head,
    and ^(D)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 ^(E)rejoice over their young men,
    and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is ^(F)godless and an evildoer,
    and every mouth speaks ^(G)folly.^[a]
(H)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.