Catholic Public Domain Version
"And those who deceitfully praise this people, and those who are praised, will be thrown down violently. "
— Isaiah 9:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 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.”
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.
For this reason, the Lord will not rejoice over their youths. And he will not take pity on their orphans and widows. For each one is a hypocrite, and each one is wicked, and every mouth has spoken foolishness. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.
For impiety has been kindled like a fire: it will devour brier and thorn, and it will burn in the dense forest, and it will be interwoven with the ascending smoke.
The earth has been shaken by the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and the people will become like fuel for the fire. A man will not spare his own brother.