Isaiah 9:14–16

So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail,

palm branch and reed in one day—

the elder and honored man is the head,

and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;

for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,

and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,

both palm branch and reed in a single day;

the elders and dignitaries are the head,

the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

Those who guide this people mislead them,

and those who are guided are led astray.

So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail,

palm branch and reed in a single day.

The head is the elder, the honored one;

the tail is the prophet, the one teaching lies.

The leaders of the people mislead them,

and those they mislead are swallowed up.

Therefore, in a single day the Lord will destroy both the head and the tail,

the noble palm branch and the lowly reed.

The leaders of Israel are the head,

and the lying prophets are the tail.

For the leaders of the people have misled them.

They have led them down the path of destruction.

So Yahweh cut off head and tail from Israel,

palm branch and reed in one day.

Elders and the respectable are the head,

and prophets who teach lies are the tail.

And the leaders of this people were misleading them,

and those who were led were confused.

Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail,

Branch and rush, in one day.

The ancient and honourable, he is the head;

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

For the leaders of this people cause them to err;

And they that are led of them are destroyed.