Then the priests and the Levites stood up and blessed the people, and their voice was heard; their prayer came to his holy dwelling in heaven.
Isaiah 9:16 - New Revised Standard Version for those who led this people led them astray, and those who were led by them were left in confusion. 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 up and blessed the people, and their voice was heard; their prayer came to his holy dwelling in heaven.
so as not to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain? For all this his anger has not turned away; his hand is stretched out still.
The Lord has poured into them a spirit of confusion; and they have made Egypt stagger in all its doings as a drunkard staggers around in vomit.
My people—children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your leaders mislead you, and confuse the course of your paths.
Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them; the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like refuse in the streets. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
Therefore give their children over to famine; hurl them out to the power of the sword, let their wives become childless and widowed. May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be slain by the sword in battle.
In the prophets of Samaria I saw a disgusting thing: they prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
Beware of your neighbors, and put no trust in any of your kin; for all your kin are supplanters, and every neighbor goes around like a slanderer.
Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his statutes, but they have been led astray by the same lies after which their ancestors walked.
Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry “Peace” when they have something to eat, but declare war against those who put nothing into their mouths.
Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.”