Isaiah 9:15 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 9:15

The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

KJV

The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

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Commentary

4 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah (1274)

Second, he explains the metaphor: the aged, that teaches lies: and her prophets have daubed them without tempering the mortar, seeing vain things, and divining lies unto them (Ezek 22:28).

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Vers. 14 seqq.) And the Lord will scatter from Israel the head and the tail, the bend and the corrupt in one day. The venerable and honorable, he is the head; and the Prophet teaching falsehood, he is the tail. And there will be those who call this people blessed, deceiving, and those who are called blessed, being cast down. Therefore, the Lord will not rejoice over his young men, and will not have mercy on his orphans and widows, for every hypocrite is wicked, and every mouth has spoken foolishness.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The ancient and honourable, he is the head,.... The elder in office, not in age; and who, on account of his office, dignity, and riches, is honoured by men, is of a venerable countenance himself, and is reverenced when seen and looked upon by others, and received by persons with pleasure and cheerfulness; as the phrase used signifies.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The ancient - The elder; the old man. And honorable - Hebrew, ‘The man of elevated countenance.’ The man of rank and office. The prophet that teacheth lies - The false prophet. Of those there were many; and probably at this time many in Samaria.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
זָקֵ֥ן	za.Ken	an old [man]	H2205 →
וּנְשׂוּא־	u.ne.su'-	and [one] uplifted of	H5375 →
פָנִ֖ים	fa.Nim	face	H6440 →
ה֣וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
הָרֹ֑אשׁ	ha.Rosh	[is] the head	H7218 →
וְנָבִ֥יא	ve.na.Vi'	and a prophet	H5030 →
מֽוֹרֶה־	mo.reh-	[who] teaches	H3384 →
שֶּׁ֖קֶר	She.ker	falsehood	H8267 →
ה֥וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
הַזָּנָֽב׃	ha.za.Nav	[is] the tail	H2180 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 24:24
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11
  The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
- Mark 13:22
  For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
- Revelation 13:13–14
  And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.
- Matthew 24:11
  and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
- 2 Peter 2:1–3
  Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…
Through
Isaiah 29:10
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
leads to
- Romans 11:8
  as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
- Isaiah 44:18
  They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12
  The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

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