Leeser(i)
8 (9:7) A word hath the Lord sent against Jacob, and it hath alighted upon Israel.
9 (9:8) And experience it shall all the people together, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria; because they say, in the pride and haughtiness of heart,
10 (9:9) “The bricks are fallen down, but with hewn stones will we re-build: the sycamores are cut down, but with cedars will we replace them.”
11 (9:10) Therefore will the Lord strengthen the adversaries of Rezin above him, and will stir up his enemies;
12 (9:11) The Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with a full mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand still remaineth stretched out.
13 (9:12) And the people return not unto him that smiteth them, and the Lord of hosts do they not seek.
14 (9:13) And the Lord cutteth off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, on one day.
15 (9:14) The ancient and honorable is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies is the tail.
16 (9:15) And the guides of this people are those that guide to error; and those that are led of them are misled.
17 (9:16) Therefore will the Lord have no joy in their young men, and on their fatherless and widows will he have no mercy; for every one is a hypocrite and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh scandalous words. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand still remaineth stretched out.
18 (9:17) For wickedness burneth like the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns: and it shall kindle a flame in the thickets of the forest, and they shall be shrouded by the wreaths of smoke.
19 (9:18) Through the fury of the Lord of hosts is the land scorched, and the people have become as food for the fire; no man will spare his brother.
20 (9:19) And he snatcheth on the right hand, and is yet hungry; and he eateth on the left hand, and are not yet satisfied; they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
21 (9:20) Menasseh against Ephraim: and Ephraim against Menasseh; and they together against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand still remaineth stretched out.