Parallel Verses
Amplified
Therefore the Lord cuts off head and tail [the highest and the lowest] from Israel,
Both [the high] palm branch and [the low] bulrush in one day.
New American Standard Bible
Both palm branch and bulrush
King James Version
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Holman Bible
palm branch and reed in a single day.
International Standard Version
So the LORD has cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in a single day
A Conservative Version
Therefore LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.
American Standard Version
Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.
Bible in Basic English
For this cause the Lord took away from Israel head and tail, high and low, in one day.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day:
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in one day.
King James 2000
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Yahweh cut off head and tail from Israel, palm branch and reed [in] one day.
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore the LORD shall root out of Israel both head and tail, branch and twig in one day.
NET Bible
So the Lord cut off Israel's head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore hath Yahweh cut off from Israel - Head and tail Palm-top and rush, In one day.
Webster
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
World English Bible
Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah cutteth off from Israel head and tail, Branch and reed -- the same day,
Interlinear
Karath
Ro'sh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 9:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Anger Against Arrogance
13
Yet the people do not turn back [in repentance] to Him who struck them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts [as their most essential need].
Therefore the Lord cuts off head and tail [the highest and the lowest] from Israel,
Both [the high] palm branch and [the low] bulrush in one day.
The elderly and honorable man, he is the head;
And the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
Cross References
Isaiah 19:15
There will be no work for Egypt
Which head or tail, [high] palm branch or [low] bulrush, may do.
Revelation 18:8
For this reason in a single day her plagues (afflictions, calamities) will come, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire and completely consumed; for strong and powerful is the Lord God who judges her.
2 Kings 17:6-20
In the ninth year of Hoshea,
Isaiah 3:2-3
The brave man and the warrior [He is also removing],
The judge and the prophet,
The diviner and the elder,
Isaiah 10:17
And the Light of Israel will become a fire and His Holy One a flame,
And it will
Isaiah 30:13
Therefore this wickedness [this sin, this injustice, this wrongdoing] will be to you
Like a crack [in a wall] about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,
Hosea 1:4
And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for yet in a little while I will avenge the blood [that was shed in the Valley] of Jezreel and inflict the punishment for it on the house of
Hosea 1:6
Then Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-Ruhamah (not shown mercy), for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.
Hosea 1:9
And the Lord said, “Name him Lo-Ammi (not my people), for you are not My people and I am not your God.”
Hosea 4:5
So you will stumble in the daytime,
And the [false] prophet will also stumble with you in the night;
And I will destroy your mother (Israel).
Hosea 5:12-14
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim
And like dry rot to the house of Judah [in My judgment against them].
Hosea 8:8
Israel is [as if] swallowed up [by enemies];
They are now among the nations
Like a vessel [of cheap, coarse pottery] that is useless.
Hosea 9:11-17
As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird;
No birth, no pregnancy, and [because of their impurity] no conception.
Hosea 10:15
In this way it will be done to you at [idolatrous] Bethel because of your great wickedness;
At daybreak the king of Israel will be completely cut off.
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they will be [swiftly dissipated] like the morning cloud
Or like dew which soon disappears,
Like chaff which swirls with the whirlwind from the threshing floor,
And like smoke from the chimney or through the window [worthless and without substance —they will vanish].
Amos 2:14-16
“Flight will be lost to the swift [so they will be unable to escape],
And the strong shall not strengthen nor maintain his power,
Nor shall the mighty man save his own life.
Amos 3:12
Thus says the Lord,
“Just as the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion a couple of legs or a piece of the [sheep’s] ear [to prove to the owner that he has not stolen the animal],
So will the [remaining] children of Israel living in Samaria be snatched away
With the corner of a bed and [part of] the damask covering of a couch.
Amos 5:2-3
She has fallen, she will not rise again—
The virgin Israel.
She lies neglected on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.
Amos 6:11
For behold, the Lord is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.
Amos 7:8-9
The Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,
Among My people Israel [showing the defectiveness of the nation, requiring judgment].
I shall not spare them any longer. [The door of mercy is shut.]
Amos 7:17
Therefore, thus says the Lord, ‘Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city [when the
Amos 9:1-9
I saw [in a vision] the Lord standing at the altar, and He said,
And break them on the heads of all of the people!
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword;
They will not have a fugitive who will get away,
Or a survivor who will escape.
Micah 1:6-8
Therefore I [the Lord] shall make Samaria a
A place for planting vineyards;
And I will pour her stones down into the ravine
And lay bare her foundations.
Revelation 18:10
standing a long way off, in fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, the strong city, Babylon! In a single hour your judgment has come.’
Revelation 18:17
because in one hour all the vast wealth has been laid waste.’ And every ship captain or navigator, and every