Isaiah 9:14

Translations

Modern

So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.

Traditional

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

Literal

And YHWH will cut off from Israel the head and tail, palm branch and reed, in a single day.

Latin

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

Original

Hebrew

English

So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.

Notes

Isaiah 9:13–17

God 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.

Isaiah 7:1–12:6

These prophecies occurred when Assyria rose to power. Syria and Israel formed an alliance against Judah (Isaiah 7:1–2; see 2 Kings 16:5). God used Assyria as a tool to punish Syria, Israel, and Judah (Isaiah 7–10).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiah

Related verses

Revelation 18:8
Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
Isaiah 19:15
There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed.
Revelation 18:17
For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance
Amos 5:2–3
“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
Hosea 1:6
Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
Amos 9:1–9
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
Hosea 1:4
Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
Isaiah 30:13
…this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!
Amos 2:14–16
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
Micah 1:6–8
Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.
Amos 6:11
For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Branch Isaiah, Book of Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven Reed Rush

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Design of Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Christian Minister: False and Corrupt Head of Chief Men Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Captivity, Famine, and Judgments The Anger of God: Against: Impenitence

Isaiah 9:14

Translations?

Original?

Notes?

Events?

Related verses?