Isaiah 9:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ The men that lead the people are leading them the wrong way. And the people that follow them will be destroyed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But this people’s leaders were misleading, and those being led were confused.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ And they that call this people blessed shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed shall be thrown down headlong.

Isaiah 9:16 Tagairtí Cros

2 Chronicles 30:27

The priests and the Levites stood up and asked the Lord to bless the people. God heard them. Their prayer came up to the Lord’s holy home in heaven.

Isaiah 10:4

You will have to bow down like a prisoner. You will fall down like a dead person. But that will not help you! God will still be angry. God will still be ready to punish you.

Isaiah 19:14

The Lord made the leaders confused. They wander and lead Egypt in the wrong ways. Everything the leaders do is wrong. They are like drunk people rolling with sickness on the ground.

Isaiah 3:12

Children will defeat my people. Women will rule over my people. My people, your guides lead you in the wrong way. They turn you away from the right way.

Isaiah 5:25

So the Lord has become very angry with his people. And the Lord will raise his hand and punish them. Even the mountains will be frightened. Dead bodies will lie in the streets like garbage. But God will still be angry. His hand will still be raised \{to punish the people\}.

Jeremiah 18:21

So make their children starve in a famine. {\cf2\super [154]} \par Let their enemies defeat them with swords.\par Let their wives be without children.\par Let the men from Judah be put to death.\par Make their wives into widows.\par Let the men from Judah be put to death.\par Let the young men be killed in battle.\par

Jeremiah 23:13

“I saw the prophets of Samaria {\cf2\super [184]} \par doing wrong things.\par I saw those prophets prophesy {\cf2\super [185]} \par in the name of the false god Baal. {\cf2\super [186]} \par Those prophets led the people of Israel\par away from the Lord.\par

Jeremiah 9:4

“Watch your neighbors!\par Don’t trust your own brothers!\par Why? Because every brother is a cheat.\par Every neighbor talks behind your back.\par

Amos 2:4

The Lord says this: “I will definitely punish Judah for the many crimes they did. {\cf2\super [35]} Why? Because they refused to obey the Lord’s commands. They didn’t keep his commands. Their ancestors {\cf2\super [36]} believed \{lies\}. And those same lies caused the people of Judah to quit following God.

Micah 3:5

Some false prophets are telling lies to the Lord’s people. The Lord says this about those prophets:

Matthew 15:14

Stay away from the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [208]} They lead the people, but they are like blind men leading other blind men. And if a blind man leads another blind man, then both men will fall into a hole.”

Hebrews 7:7

And all people know that the more important person blesses the less important person.