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Isaiah 9:14

Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

KJV

Et disperdet Dominus ab Israël caput et caudam, incurvantem et refrenantem, die una.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἀφεῖλεν Κύριος ἀπὸ Ἰσραὴλ κεφαλὴν καὶ οὐράν, μέγαν καὶ μικρὸν ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ, πρεσβύτην καὶ τοὺς τὰ πρόσωπα θαυμάζοντας, αὕτη ἡ ἀρχή,

LXX

Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

ASV

זָקֵ֥ן וּ/נְשׂוּא פָנִ֖ים ה֣וּא הָ/רֹ֑אשׁ וְ/נָבִ֥יא מֽוֹרֶה שֶּׁ֖קֶר ה֥וּא הַ/זָּנָֽב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
זָנָ֔ב
znb
noun · 11×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
נִי
ny
verb · 86×
נָּבִ֖יא
nby'
noun · 316×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
שָֽׁקֶר
shqr
noun · 110×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 11:15 — Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
  • Isa 3:2 — The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
  • Isa 19:15 — Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
  • Isa 19:15 — Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
  • Jer 6:21 — Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
  • Lam 4:16 — The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
  • Matt 23:13 — But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
  • Rev 18:8 — Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.