Isaiah 9:8–10:4

⁸The Lord sent a word into Jacob,

And it hath lighted upon Israel.

⁹And all the people shall ^hknow,

Even ⁱEphraim and the inhabitant of ^kSamaria,

That say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

¹⁰The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones:

^lThe sycomores are cut down, but we will ^mchange them into cedars.

¹¹Therefore the Lord shall ⁿset up the adversaries of ^oRezin against him,

And join his enemies together;

^12pThe Syrians before, and ^qthe Philistines behind;

And they shall devour Israel with open mouth.

^rFor all this his anger is not turned away,

But his hand is stretched out still.

¹³For ^sthe people turneth not unto him that smiteth them,

Neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

¹⁴Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel ^thead and tail,

^tuBranch and ^tvrush, ^xin one day.

¹⁵The ancient and ^yhonourable, he is the head;

And ^zthe prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

¹⁶For ^athe leaders of this people ^zcause them to err;

And ^athey that are led of them are ^adestroyed.

¹⁷Therefore ^bthe Lord shall have no joy in their young men,

Neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows:

For every one is ^ca hypocrite and an evildoer,

And every mouth speaketh ^ccfolly.

^dFor all this his anger is not turned away,

But his hand is stretched out still.

¹⁸For wickedness ^eburneth as the fire:

It shall devour ^fthe briers and thorns,

And shall kindle in ^gthe thickets of the forest,

And they shall mount up like ^hthe lifting up of smoke.

¹⁹Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened,

And the people shall be as the fuel of the fire:

ⁱNo man shall spare his brother.

²⁰And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry;

And ^khe shall eat on the left hand, and ^kthey shall not be satisfied:

^lThey shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

^21mManasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh:

And ⁿthey together shall be against Judah.

^dFor all this his anger is not turned away,

But his hand is stretched out still.

X.Woe unto ^athem that decree unrighteous decrees,

And that write ^aagrievousness which they have prescribed;

²To turn aside the needy from judgment,

And to take away the right from ^bthe poor of my people,

^bbThat widows may be their prey,

And that ^bthey may rob the fatherless.

³And ^cwhat will ye do in ^dthe day of ^cvisitation,

And in ^ethe desolation which shall come ^ffrom far?

To whom will ye flee for help?

And where will ye leave your glory?

^4gWithout me they shall bow down under the prisoners,

And they shall fall under the slain.

^hFor all this his anger is not turned away,

But his hand is stretched out still.