15 The head is the elder, the honored one;(A)
the tail is the prophet, the one teaching lies.(B)
16 The leaders of the people mislead them,
and those they mislead are swallowed up.[a]
17 Therefore the Lord does not rejoice
over[b] Israel’s young men
and has no compassion
on its fatherless and widows,
for everyone is a godless evildoer,(C)
and every mouth speaks folly.
In all this, his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is still raised to strike.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:16 Or are confused
  2. 9:17 DSS read not spare

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