Isaiah 9:12-16

The Arameans from the east and the Philistines from the west; And they devour Israel with gaping jaws. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away, And His hand is still stretched out.

Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them, Nor do they seek the Lord of armies.

So the Lord cuts off head and tail from Israel, Both palm branch and bulrush in a single day.

The head is the elder and esteemed man, And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail.

For those who guide this people are leading them astray; And those who are guided by them are confused.