Isaiah 9:15

Translations

Modern

The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

Traditional

The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Literal

The elder and the uplifted of face—he is the head; and the prophet teaching lies—he is the tail.

Latin

Longævus et honorabilis, ipse est caput; et propheta docens mendacium, ipse est cauda.

Original

Hebrew

English

The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

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 Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 29:10
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
Matthew 24:24
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
2 Timothy 4:2–3
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
Isaiah 3:2–3
…the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,
Ezekiel 13:19
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
Jeremiah 29:21–22
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
1 Samuel 9:6
“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
Hosea 9:8
The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!
Galatians 1:8–9
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!
Jeremiah 23:14–15
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
Isaiah 5:13
Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.
Revelation 19:20
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

Glossary

Isaiah, Book of Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Christian Minister: False and Corrupt False Prophets: Involved the People in Their own Ruin Head of Chief Men Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Captivity, Famine, and Judgments

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