Isaiah 9:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.”
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“For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the eulogists of this people are causing to err, And its eulogised ones are consumed.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 9:16 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 6:23“Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
- 1 Kings 8:55And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:
- 2 Chronicles 30:27Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
- Isaiah 3:12Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
- Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Isaiah 10:4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Jeremiah 9:4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
- Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
- Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
- Matthew 23:16Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
- Hebrews 7:7And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).