Isaiah 9:10-15

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."

11But the Lord raises the adversaries of Rezin against him, and stirs up his enemies.

12The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

13The people did not turn to him who struck them, nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.

14So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in one day—

15the elder and honored man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;