American Standard Version
"Yet the people have not turned unto him that smote them, neither have they sought Jehovah of hosts. "
— Isaiah 9:13, American Standard Version
“For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.”
“Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought Yahweh of Armies.”
“The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
“And the people are not returned to him who hath struck them, and have not sought after the Lord of hosts.”
“But the heart of the people was not turned to him who sent punishment on them, and they made no prayer to the Lord of armies.”
“For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.”
The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.
Therefore Jehovah will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,
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.
Yet the people have not turned unto him that smote them, neither have they sought Jehovah of hosts.
Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.
The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.