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RETURN TO THE LORD
Key verse: 9:13
NIV
The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
8 The Lord has sent a message(A) against Jacob;
it will fall on Israel.
9 All the people will know it—
Ephraim(B) and the inhabitants of Samaria(C)—
who say with pride
and arrogance(D) of heart,
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
but we will rebuild with dressed stone;(E)
the fig(F) trees have been felled,
but we will replace them with cedars.(G)”
11 But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s(H) foes against them
and has spurred their enemies on.
12 Arameans(I) from the east and Philistines(J) from the west
have devoured(K) Israel with open mouth.
13 But the people have not returned(N) to him who struck(O) them,
nor have they sought(P) the Lord Almighty.
14 So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
both palm branch and reed(Q) in a single day;(R)
15 the elders(S) and dignitaries(T) are the head,
the prophets(U) who teach lies(V) are the tail.
16 Those who guide(W) this people mislead them,
and those who are guided are led astray.(X)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,(Y)
nor will he pity(Z) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly(AA) and wicked,(AB)
every mouth speaks folly.(AC)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(AD)
18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(AE)
it consumes briers and thorns,(AF)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(AG)
so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(AH) of the Lord Almighty
the land will be scorched(AI)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(AJ)
they will not spare one another.(AK)
20 On the right they will devour,
but still be hungry;(AL)
on the left they will eat,(AM)
but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[a]:
21 Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;(AN)
together they will turn against Judah.(AO)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(AP)
10 Woe(AQ) to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,(AR)
2 to deprive(AS) the poor of their rights
and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(AT)
making widows their prey
and robbing the fatherless.(AU)
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,(AV)
when disaster(AW) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(AX)
Where will you leave your riches?
4 Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives(AY)
or fall among the slain.(AZ)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(BA)
his hand is still upraised.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:20 Or arm
Cross references
- Isaiah 9:8 : S Dt 32:2
- Isaiah 9:9 : S Isa 7:2
- Isaiah 9:9 : S Isa 7:9
- Isaiah 9:9 : Isa 46:12; 48:4; Eze 2:4; Zec 7:11
- Isaiah 9:10 : S Ge 11:3
- Isaiah 9:10 : Am 7:14; Lk 19:4
- Isaiah 9:10 : 1Ki 7:2-3
- Isaiah 9:11 : S Isa 7:8
- Isaiah 9:12 : 2Ki 16:6
- Isaiah 9:12 : S 2Ch 28:18
- Isaiah 9:12 : S Ps 79:7
- Isaiah 9:12 : S Job 40:11
- Isaiah 9:12 : S Isa 5:25
- Isaiah 9:13 : S 2Ch 28:22; Am 4:9; Zep 3:7; Hag 2:17
- Isaiah 9:13 : Jer 5:3; Eze 7:9
- Isaiah 9:13 : Isa 2:3; 17:7; 31:1; 55:6; Jer 50:4; Da 9:13; Hos 3:5; 7:7, 10; Am 4:6, 10; Zep 1:6
- Isaiah 9:14 : ver 14-15; Isa 19:15
- Isaiah 9:14 : Rev 18:8
- Isaiah 9:15 : Isa 3:2-3
- Isaiah 9:15 : S Isa 5:13
- Isaiah 9:15 : Isa 28:7; Eze 13:2
- Isaiah 9:15 : S Job 13:4; S Isa 3:8; 44:20; Eze 13:22; Mt 24:24
- Isaiah 9:16 : Mt 15:14; 23:16, 24
- Isaiah 9:16 : S Isa 3:12
- Isaiah 9:17 : Jer 9:21; 11:22; 18:21; 48:15; 49:26; Am 4:10; 8:13
- Isaiah 9:17 : S Job 5:4; Isa 27:11; Jer 13:14
- Isaiah 9:17 : Isa 10:6; 32:6; Mic 7:2
- Isaiah 9:17 : S Isa 1:4
- Isaiah 9:17 : S Isa 3:8; Mt 12:34; Ro 3:13-14
- Isaiah 9:17 : S Isa 5:25
- Isaiah 9:18 : S Dt 29:23; S Isa 1:31
- Isaiah 9:18 : S Isa 5:6
- Isaiah 9:18 : S Ps 83:14
- Isaiah 9:19 : S Job 40:11; Isa 13:9, 13
- Isaiah 9:19 : Jer 17:27
- Isaiah 9:19 : S Ps 97:3; S Isa 1:31
- Isaiah 9:19 : S Isa 3:5
- Isaiah 9:20 : S Lev 26:26; S Job 18:12
- Isaiah 9:20 : Isa 49:26; Zec 11:9
- Isaiah 9:21 : S Jdg 7:22; S 12:4
- Isaiah 9:21 : S 2Ch 28:6
- Isaiah 9:21 : S Isa 5:25
- Isaiah 10:1 : S Isa 5:8
- Isaiah 10:1 : S Ps 58:2
- Isaiah 10:2 : Isa 3:14
- Isaiah 10:2 : S Isa 5:23
- Isaiah 10:2 : S Dt 10:18; S Job 6:27; S Isa 1:17
- Isaiah 10:3 : S Job 31:14
- Isaiah 10:3 : ver 25; Ps 59:5; Isa 1:24; 13:6; 14:23; 24:6; 26:14; 47:11; Jer 5:9; 9:9; 50:15; Lk 19:44
- Isaiah 10:3 : S Ps 108:12; Isa 20:6; 30:7; 31:3
- Isaiah 10:4 : Isa 24:22; Zec 9:11
- Isaiah 10:4 : Isa 22:2; 34:3; 66:16; Jer 39:6; Na 3:3
- Isaiah 10:4 : S Isa 5:25; 12:1; 63:10; 64:5; Jer 4:8; 30:24; La 1:12
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ESV
Judgment on Arrogance and Oppression
8 The Lord has sent a word against Jacob,
and it will fall on Israel;
9 and all the people will know,
(A)Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
10 “The bricks have fallen,
but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
but we will put cedars in their place.”
11 But the Lord raises the adversaries of Rezin against him,
and stirs up his enemies.
12 (B)The Syrians on the east and (C)the Philistines on the west
devour Israel with open mouth.
(D)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
13 The people (E)did not turn to him who struck them,
nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
14 So the Lord cut off from Israel (F)head and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day—
15 (G)the elder and honored man is the head,
and (H)the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
16 for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,
and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
17 Therefore the Lord does not (I)rejoice over their young men,
and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is (J)godless and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks (K)folly.[a]
(L)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
18 For wickedness burns like (M)a fire;
it consumes briers and thorns;
it kindles the thickets of the forest,
and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
the land is scorched,
and (N)the people are like fuel for the fire;
(O)no one spares another.
20 (P)They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry,
and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;
(Q)each devours the flesh of his own arm,
21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh;
together they are (R)against Judah.
(S)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
10 Woe to those who (T)decree iniquitous decrees,
and the writers who (U)keep writing oppression,
2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and (V)to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
3 What will you do on (W)the day of punishment,
in the ruin that will come (X)from afar?
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth?
4 Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners
or fall among the slain.
(Y)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:17 Or speaks disgraceful things
Cross references
- Isaiah 9:9 : ch. 7:2, 5, 8, 9, 17
- Isaiah 9:12 : [2 Kgs. 16:6]
- Isaiah 9:12 : [2 Chr. 28:18]
- Isaiah 9:12 : ver. 17, 21; ch. 5:25; 10:4
- Isaiah 9:13 : [ch. 1:5; Hos. 7:10]
- Isaiah 9:14 : ch. 19:15; Deut. 28:13
- Isaiah 9:15 : ch. 3:2, 3
- Isaiah 9:15 : [ch. 28:7; Mic. 3:5]
- Isaiah 9:17 : Ps. 147:10, 11
- Isaiah 9:17 : ch. 10:6
- Isaiah 9:17 : Gen. 34:7
- Isaiah 9:17 : [See ver. 12 above]; ver. 17, 21; ch. 5:25; 10:4
- Isaiah 9:18 : Ps. 83:14; [James 3:5]
- Isaiah 9:19 : ch. 24:6
- Isaiah 9:19 : [Mic. 7:2]
- Isaiah 9:20 : ch. 8:21
- Isaiah 9:20 : ch. 49:26; See Deut. 28:53-57
- Isaiah 9:21 : [ch. 11:13]; See 2 Chr. 28:6-9
- Isaiah 9:21 : See ver. 12
- Isaiah 10:1 : [Ps. 94:20]
- Isaiah 10:1 : Jer. 8:8
- Isaiah 10:2 : ch. 5:23
- Isaiah 10:3 : Jer. 5:29; Hos. 9:7; [Luke 19:44]
- Isaiah 10:3 : ch. 5:26
- Isaiah 10:4 : See ch. 9:12
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