NET Bible
"The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the LORD of Heaven’s Armies."
— Isaiah 9:13, NET Bible
“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.”
“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 rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”
Then the LORD provoked their adversaries to attack them, he stirred up their enemies–
Syria from the east, and the Philistines from the west, they gobbled up Israelite territory. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.
The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
So the LORD cut off Israel’s head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day.
The leaders and the highly respected people are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail.
The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.