Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. ancient Isaiah 3:5 And the people shall rush one upon another, and every man against his neighbour: the child shall make a tumult against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. Isaiah 5:13 Therefore is my people led away captive, because they had not knowledge, and their nobles have perished with famine, and their multitude were dried up with thirst. 1 Samuel 9:6 And he said to him: Behold there is a man of God in this city, a famous man: all that he saith, cometh certainly to pass. Now, therefore, let us go thither, perhaps he may tell us of our way, for which we are come. the prophet Isaiah 28:17 And I will set judgment in weight, and justice in measure: and hail shall overturn the hope of falsehood: and waters shall overflow its protection. Isaiah 29:10 For the Lord hath mingled for you the spirit of a deep sleep, he will shut up your eyes, he will cover your prophets and princes, that see visions. 1 Kings 13:18 He said to him: I also am a prophet like unto thee: and an angel spoke to me, in the word of the Lord, saying: Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread, and drink water. He deceived him, 1 Kings 22:22-24 And he said: I will go forth, and be a lying spirit, in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said: Thou shalt deceive him, and shalt prevail: go forth, and do so. . . . Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the priests clapped their hands: and my people loved such things: what then shall be done in the end thereof? Jeremiah 14:14,15 And the Lord said to me: The prophets prophesy falsely in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, nor have I spoken to them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination and deceit, and the seduction of their own heart. . . . Jeremiah 23:9,14,15,25-27 To the prophets: My heart is broken within me, all my bones tremble: I am become as a drunken man, and as a man full of wine, at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of his holy words. . . . Jeremiah 27:9,10,14,15 Therefore hearken not to your prophets, and diviners, and dreamers, and soothsayers, and sorcerers, that say to you: You shall not serve the king of Babylon. . . . Jeremiah 28:15,16 And Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananias the prophet: Hear now, Hananias: the Lord hath not sent thee, and thou hast made this people to trust in a lie. . . . Jeremiah 29:21,22 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to Achab the son of Colias, and to Sedecias the son of Maasias, who prophesy unto you in my name falsely: Behold I will deliver them up into the hands of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon: and he shall kill them before your eyes. . . . Ezekiel 13:1-16,19,22 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: . . . Hosea 9:8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: the prophet is become a snare of ruin upon all his ways, madness is in the house of his God. Malachi 2:9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible, and base before all people, as you have not kept my ways, and have accepted persons in the law. Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such false apostles are deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. . . . Galatians 1:8,9 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema. . . . 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power and signs and lying wonders: . . . 2 Timothy 4:2,3 Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. . . . 2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be among you lying teachers who shall bring in sects of perdition and deny the Lord who bought them: bringing upon themselves swift destruction. . . . 1 John 4:1 Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they be of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who wrought signs before him, wherewith he seduced them who received the character of the beast and who adored his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with brimstone. Context Judgment Against Israel's Hypocrisy…14And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel the head and the tail, him that bendeth down, and him that holdeth back, in one day. 15The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.16And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down, headlong.… Cross References Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect. Job 22:8 In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it. Isaiah 3:2 The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet and the cunning man, and the ancient. Isaiah 3:3 The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skilful in eloquent speech. Isaiah 19:15 And there shall be no work for Egypt, to make head or tail, him that bendeth down, or that holdeth back. Isaiah 23:9 The Lord of hosts hath designed it, to pull down the pride of all glory, and bring to disgrace all the glorious ones of the earth. Isaiah 28:7 But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment. Isaiah 28:15 For you have said: We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood we are protected. Isaiah 43:27 Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. Isaiah 59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue uttereth iniquity. Isaiah 59:4 There is none that calleth upon justice, neither is there any one that judgeth truly: but they trust in a mere nothing, and speak vanities: they have conceived labour, and brought forth iniquity. Jeremiah 23:14 And I have seen the likeness of adulterers, and the way of lying in the prophets of Jerusalem: and they strengthened the hands of the wicked, that no man should return from his evil doings, they are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha. Jeremiah 23:32 Behold I am against the prophets that have lying dreams, saith the Lord: and tell them, and cause my people to err by their lying, and by their wonders: when I sent them not, nor commanded them, who have not profited this people at all, saith the Lord. Ezekiel 13:2 Son of man, prophesy thou against the prophets of Israel that prophesy: and thou shalt say to them that prophesy out of their own heart: Hear ye the word of the Lord: Amos 2:4 Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Juda, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath cast away the law of the Lord, and hath not kept his commandments: for their idols have caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked. Micah 3:5 Then shall they cry to the Lord, and he will not hear them: and he will hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved wickedly in their devices. Lexicon The headהָרֹ֑אשׁ (hā·rōš) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head is the elder זָקֵ֥ן (zā·qên) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2205: Old and the honorable וּנְשׂוּא־ (ū·nə·śū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take man ה֣וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are and the tail הַזָּנָֽב׃ (haz·zā·nāḇ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2180: Tail, end, stump is the prophet וְנָבִ֥יא (wə·nā·ḇî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet who teaches מֽוֹרֶה־ (mō·w·reh-) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach lies. שֶּׁ֖קֶר (še·qer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood Additional Translations The head is the elder and the honorable man and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail. The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail. the ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. The ancient and the honourable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail. Elder, and accepted of face, he is the head, Prophet, teacher of falsehood, he is the tail. Jump to Previous Accepted Ancient Elder Elders Face False. Falsehood Gives Head Honorable Honored Honourable Honoured Lies Prominent Prophet Prophets Rank Responsible Tail Teach Teacher Teaches Teacheth TeachingJump to Next Accepted Ancient Elder Elders Face False. 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