Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the people did not return to the One who struck them, and they did not seek the Lord of hosts. "
— Isaiah 9:13, Catholic Public Domain 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 unto him that smote them, neither have they sought Jehovah 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 have fallen, but we will build with squared stones. They have cut down the sycamores, but we will replace them with cedars.”
And the Lord will raise up the enemies of Rezin over him, and he will turn his adversaries into a tumult:
the Syrians from the east and the Philistines from the west. And they will devour Israel with their whole mouth. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.
And the people did not return to the One who struck them, and they did not seek the Lord of hosts.
And so, the Lord will disperse, away from Israel, the head and the tail, he who bows down and he who refrains, in one day.
The long-lived and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
And those who deceitfully praise this people, and those who are praised, will be thrown down violently.