Isaiah 9:14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. "Branch and rush — the allusion is to the beauteous palm. tree: it shall be cut down notwithstanding its beauty; and the "rush" — the common growths round about it, entangled roots, poor miserable shrubs that crowd and cumber the earth — branch and rush cannot stand before God's sword and fire: everything that is wrong goes down in a common destruction. Judgment obliterates our classifications. (J. Parker, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.WEB: Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day. |
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