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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 9, Verse 14

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For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
King James Version
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
American Standard Version
Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.
New English Translation
So the LORD cut off Israel’s head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day.
World English Bible
Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.
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The ancient and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.
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For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err; and [they that are] led of them [are] destroyed.
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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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For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up [like] the lifting up of smoke.
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Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
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And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
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Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: [and] they together [shall be] against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.
1
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;
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To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and [that] they may rob the fatherless!
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And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation [which] shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?