Isaiah 9:10–18
10“The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”↗
11Therefore the LORD will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,↗
12The Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.↗
13Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought the LORD of Armies.↗
14Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.↗
15The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.↗
16For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.↗
17Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.↗
18For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.↗
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