Isaiah 9:8-21

New International Version

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

¹³ But the people have not returned^(N) to him who struck^(O) them,
    nor have they sought^(P) the Lord Almighty.
¹⁴ So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
    both palm branch and reed^(Q) in a single day;^(R)
15 the elders^(S) and dignitaries^(T) are the head,
    the prophets^(U) who teach lies^(V) are the tail.
¹⁶ Those who guide^(W) this people mislead them,
    and those who are guided are led astray.^(X)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,^(Y)
    nor will he pity^(Z) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly^(AA) and wicked,^(AB)
    every mouth speaks folly.^(AC)

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

¹⁸ Surely wickedness burns like a fire;^(AE)
    it consumes briers and thorns,^(AF)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,^(AG)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
¹⁹ By the wrath^(AH) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched^(AI)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;^(AJ)
    they will not spare one another.^(AK)
20 On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;^(AL)
on the left they will eat,^(AM)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring^[a]:
²¹     Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;^(AN)
    together they will turn against Judah.^(AO)

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