16For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.


In Context

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.

Isaiah 9:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err; and [they that are] led of them [are] destroyed.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:16Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:16And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down headlong.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:16For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16For the guides of this people mislead them; and they that are guided by them are swallowed up.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:16For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led by them are destroyed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16And the eulogists of this people are causing to err, And its eulogised ones are consumed.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.