Macaulay's England Isaiah 9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. (Charles II): — A king might be pardoned for amusing his leisure with wine, wit, and beauty, but it was intolerable that he should sink into a mere saunterer and voluptuary; that the gravest affairs of State should be neglected, and that the public service should be starved, and the finances deranged in order that harlots and parasites might grow rich. (Macaulay's England.) Parallel Verses KJV: For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.WEB: For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed. |
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