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14 So Yahweh cuts off (A)head and tail from Israel,
Both palm branch and bulrush (B)in a single day.
15 The head is (C)the elder and the [a]highly respected man,
And the prophet who teaches (D)falsehood is the tail.
16 (E)For those who guide this people are leading them astray;
And those who are guided by them are [b]brought to confusion.

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  1. Isaiah 9:15 Lit the one whose face is lifted up
  2. Isaiah 9:16 Or swallowed up

24 Then the captain of the guard took (A)Seraiah the chief priest and (B)Zephaniah the second priest, with the three [a](C)doorkeepers of the temple. 25 And from the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and seven [b]of the (D)king’s advisers who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city. 26 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and (E)led them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27 Then the king of Babylon (F)struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah (G)went into exile from its land.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:24 Lit keepers of the door
  2. Jeremiah 52:25 Lit men of those seeing the king’s face