KJV King James Version
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
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Isaiah 9:14
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.
ASV American Standard Version
Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah cutteth off from Israel head and tail, Branch and reed—the same day,
Surrounding context — Isaiah 9
11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.
13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
15 The ancient and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.
16 For the leaders of 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 have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one [is] an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.
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Isaiah 19:15Neither shall there be [any] work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.Revelation 18:8Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her.Isaiah 3:2-3The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure.Amos 6:11For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.Isaiah 30:13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.Amos 9:1-9I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.Hosea 1:6And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And [God] said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.Amos 3:12Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus [in] a couch.Hosea 10:15So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.Amos 7:17Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.Revelation 18:10Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.2 Kings 17:6-20In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.Hosea 9:11-17[As for] Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.Amos 2:14-16Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:Hosea 1:9Then said [God], Call his name Loammi: for ye [are] not my people, and I will not be your [God].Amos 5:2-3The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to raise her up.Hosea 13:3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff [that] is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
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