The King James Version Bible

Isaiah 9:8-15

  1. The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

  2. And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

  3. The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

  4. Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

  5. The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  6. For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.

  7. Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

  8. The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.