Isaiah 9:8-21

8The Lord sent a word against Jacob, And it has fallen on Israel.

9All the people will know— Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria— Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:

10“The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with hewn stones; The sycamores are cut down, But we will replace them with cedars.”

11Therefore the Lord shall set up The adversaries of Rezin against him, And spur his enemies on,

12The Syrians before and the Philistines behind; And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.

13For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them, Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.

14Therefore the Lord will cut off head and tail from Israel, Palm branch and bulrush in one day.

15The elder and honorable, he is the head; The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.

16For the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by them are destroyed.

17Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men, Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows; For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer, And every mouth speaks folly. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.

18For wickedness burns as the fire; It shall devour the briers and thorns, And kindle in the thickets of the forest; They shall mount up like rising smoke.

19Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts The land is burned up, And the people shall be as fuel for the fire; No man shall spare his brother.

20And he shall snatch on the right hand And be hungry; He shall devour on the left hand And not be satisfied; Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.

21Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; Together they shall be against Judah. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.