Bible in Basic English
"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."
— Isaiah 9:16, Bible in Basic English
“For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.”
“For they that lead 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 leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.”
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 this cause the Lord took away from Israel head and tail, high and low, in one day.
The man who is honoured and responsible is the head, and the prophet who gives false teaching is the tail.
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 this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.
The land was dark with the wrath of the Lord of armies: the people were like those who take men's flesh for food.