Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, and their prayer came into his holy dwelling place in heaven.
Isaiah 9:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The leaders of the people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they who lead this people cause them to err, and they who are led [astray] by them are swallowed up (destroyed). American Standard Version (1901) For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. Common English Bible But this people’s leaders were misleading, and those being led were confused. Catholic Public Domain Version And those who deceitfully praise this people, and those who are praised, will be thrown down violently. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they that call this people blessed shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed shall be thrown down headlong. |
Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, and their prayer came into his holy dwelling place in heaven.
There will be nothing to do except crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of confusion. The leaders have made Egypt stagger in all she does, as a drunkard staggers in his vomit.
Youths oppress my people, and women rule over them. My people, your leaders mislead you; they confuse the direction of your paths.
Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people. He raised his hand against them and struck them; the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like rubbish in the streets. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
Therefore, hand their children over to famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, their husbands slain by deadly disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
Among the prophets of Samaria I saw something disgusting: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
Everyone has to be on guard against his friend. Don’t trust any brother, for every brother will certainly deceive, and every friend spread slander.
The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Judah for three crimes, even four, because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord and have not kept his statutes. The lies that their ancestors followed have led them astray.
This is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who proclaim peace when they have food to sink their teeth into but declare war against the one who puts nothing in their mouths.
Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.’