Isaiah 9:11-21 ▼

11 Therefore the LORD doth set upon high the adversaries of Rezin against him, And spur his enemies;

12 The Arameans on the east, and the Philistines on the west; And they devour Israel with open mouth. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.

13 Yet the people turneth not unto Him that smiteth them, Neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.

14 Therefore the LORD doth cut off from Israel head and tail, Palm-branch and rush, in one day.

15 The elder and the man of rank, he is the head; And the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

16 For they that lead this people cause them to err; And they that are led of them are destroyed.

17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, Neither shall He have compassion on their fatherless and widows; For every one is ungodly and an evil-doer, And every mouth speaketh wantonness. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.

18 For wickedness burneth as the fire; It devoureth the briers and thorns; Yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, And they roll upward in thick clouds of smoke.

19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land burnt up; The people also are as the fuel of fire; No man spareth his brother.

20 And one snatcheth on the right hand, and is hungry; And he eateth on the left hand, and is not satisfied; They eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; And they together are against Judah. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.