Isa 9:13-19 | ESV | STEP | The people did not turn to him who struck them, nor inquire of the Lord of hosts .

i[See ver. 12 above]

Isaiah 9:13-19

13 The people ^adid not turn to him who struck them,
nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
14 So the Lord cut off from Israel ^bhead and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day—
15 ^cthe elder and honored man is the head,
and ^dthe prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
16 for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,
and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
17 Therefore the Lord does not ^erejoice over their young men,
and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is ^fgodless and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks ^gfolly. ^{▼▼Or speaks disgraceful things}
ⁱFor all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
18 For wickedness burns like ^ja fire;
it consumes briers and thorns;
it kindles the thickets of the forest,
and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
the land is scorched,
and ^kthe people are like fuel for the fire;
^lno one spares another.