Isaiah 9:8-21

The LORD's Anger against Israel

⁸ The Lord sent a word into Jacob,
and it falls on Israel. ⁹ All the people will know,
including Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart, ¹⁰ “The bricks have fallen,
but we will build with cut stone.
The sycamore fig trees have been cut down,
but we will put cedars in their place.” ¹¹ Therefore Yahweh will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin,
and will stir up his enemies, ¹² The Syrians in front,
and the Philistines behind;
and they will devour Israel with open mouth.
For all this, his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still. ¹³ Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them,
neither have they sought Yahweh of Armies. ¹⁴ Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail,
palm branch and reed, in one day. ¹⁵ The elder and the honorable man is the head,
and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail. ¹⁶ For those who lead this people lead them astray;
and those who are led by them are destroyed. ¹⁷ Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men,
neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is profane and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks folly.
For all this his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still. ¹⁸ For wickedness burns like a fire.
It devours the briers and thorns;
yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest,
and they roll upward in a column of smoke. ¹⁹ Through the wrath of Yahweh of Armies, the land is burnt up;
and the people are the fuel for the fire.
No one spares his brother. ²⁰ One will devour on the right hand, and be hungry;
and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied.
Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm: ²¹ Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah.
For all this his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still.