Isaiah 9:10-15

10“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with cut stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”

11The Lord has raised up Rezin’s adversaries against him and stirred up his enemies.

12Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have consumed Israel with open mouths. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.

13The people did not turn to him who struck them; they did not seek the Lord of Armies.

14So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail, palm branch and reed in a single day.

15The head is the elder, the honored one; the tail is the prophet, the one teaching lies.