American Standard Version
"For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. "
— Isaiah 9:16, American Standard Version
“For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.”
“For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.”
“The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.”
“And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down, headlong.”
“For the guides of this people are the cause of their wandering from the right way, and those who are guided by them come to destruction.”
“For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.”
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.
Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spareth his brother.