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Selected Verse: Isaiah 9:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 9:15 |
Strong Concordance |
The ancient [02205] and honourable [06440] [05375], he [01931] is the head [07218]; and the prophet [05030] that teacheth [03384] lies [08267], he is the tail [02180]. |
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King James |
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
ancient--the older.
honourable--the man of rank.
prophet . . . lies, . . . tail--There were many such in Samaria (Kg1 22:6, Kg1 22:22-23; compare as to "tail," Rev 9:19). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The ancient - The elder; the old man.
And honorable - Hebrew, 'The man of elevated countenance.' The man of rank and office.
The prophet that teacheth lies - The false prophet. Of those there were many; and probably at this time many in Samaria. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The prophet - Whose destruction he mentions, not as if it were a punishment to them to be deprived of such persons, but partly to shew the extent of the calamity, that it should reach all sorts of persons; and partly to beat down their vain presumptions of peace and prosperity, by shewing that those false prophets, which had fed their vain hopes, should perish, and their false prophecies with them. Tail - The basest part of the whole people. |
19 For [1063] their [846] power [1849] is [1526] [2076] in [1722] their [846] mouth [4750], and [2532] in [1722] their [846] tails [3769]: for [1063] their [846] tails [3769] were like [3664] unto serpents [3789], and had [2192] heads [2776], and [2532] with [1722] them [846] they do hurt [91].
22 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto him, Wherewith? And he said [0559], I will go forth [03318], and I will be a lying [08267] spirit [07307] in the mouth [06310] of all his prophets [05030]. And he said [0559], Thou shalt persuade [06601] him, and prevail [03201] also: go forth [03318], and do [06213] so.
23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD [03068] hath put [05414] a lying [08267] spirit [07307] in the mouth [06310] of all these thy prophets [05030], and the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] evil [07451] concerning thee.
6 Then the king [04428] of Israel [03478] gathered [06908] the prophets [05030] together [06908], about four [0702] hundred [03967] men [0376], and said [0559] unto them, Shall I go [03212] against Ramothgilead [07433] [01568] to battle [04421], or shall I forbear [02308]? And they said [0559], Go up [05927]; for the Lord [0136] shall deliver [05414] it into the hand [03027] of the king [04428].