Isaiah 9:16

Isaiah 9:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
• New International Version (NIV)Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for those who guide this people have been leading them astray, and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by them are destroyed.

Context of Isaiah 9:16

14The elder and the man of rank— he is the head. The prophet who teaches falsehood— he is the tail. 15The leaders of this people lead them astray. Those they mislead are swallowed up. Therefore Adonai will have no joy in their young men, nor will He have compassion on their orphans and widows, for everyone is ungodly and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks foolishness. For all this His anger is not turned away, yet His hand is still outstretched. 17For wickedness burns like a fire and consumes the briers and thorns It kindles the thickets of the forest, so they roll up in a column of smoke. 18By the wrath of Adonai-Tzva’ot is the land burnt up; The people are as fuel for the fire. No one spares his brother.

Isaiah 9:16 word by word

וַיִּֽהְי֛וּ מְאַשְּׁרֵ֥י הָֽעָם־הַזֶּ֖ה מַתְעִ֑ים וּמְאֻשָּׁרָ֖יו מְבֻלָּעִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the leadersאָשַׁר'âshar 'âshêr · to blessH833
• of this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• to errתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• destroyedבָּלַעbâla‛ · to swallow upH1104

Cross-references for Isaiah 9:16

• Isaiah 3:12My people! Children are their oppressors and women rule over them. My people! Your guides mislead you and destroy the way of your paths.
• Matthew 15:14Leave them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
• Matthew 23:16“Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘Whoever swears by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Temple, he is obligated.’
• Numbers 6:23“Speak to Aaron and to his sons saying: Thus you are to bless Bnei-Yisrael, by saying to them:
• 1 Kings 8:55Then he stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying:
• 2 Chronicles 30:27Then the Levitical kohanim arose and blessed the people, and Adonai heard their voice, for their prayer reached heaven, His holy dwelling place.
• Hebrews 7:7Now it is beyond dispute that the lesser is blessed by the greater.

Commentaries on Isaiah 9:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16For the leaders of this people … - Note, Isaiah 3:12. Hebrew They that call this people blessed‘ - referring more particularly to the false prophets. They that are led of them - Hebrew, They that are called blessed by them.‘ Are destroyed - Hebrew, Are swallowed up;‘ see the note at Isaiah 3:12. They are ruined; or swallowed up as in a vast whirlpool or vortex.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-21Verses 8-21 Those are ripening apace for ruin, whose hearts are unhumbled under humbling providences. For that which God designs, in smiting us, is, to turn us to himself; and if this point be not gained by lesser judgments, greater may be expected. The leaders of the people misled them. We have reason to be afraid of those that speak well of us, when we do ill. Wickedness was universal, all were infected with it. They shall be in trouble, and see no way…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-17God used punishment to call his people to repentance. Repentance means turning away from sin and turning back to God. His goal was not to destroy Israel, but to correct them and bring them back to himself. However, Israel had become apostate. This means they had turned away from the Lord and rejected him. They refused to repent or to seek the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1713-17. Second strophe. turneth not--the design of God's chastisements; not fulfilled in their case; a new cause for punishment (Jr 2:20; 5:3).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings