Isaiah 9:14-16

So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail,

palm branch and reed in one day⁠—

the elder and honored man is the head,

and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;

for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,

and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

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