11. But the Lord raises the adversaries of Rezin against him,and stirs up his enemies.
12. The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the westdevour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away,and his hand is stretched out still.
13. The people did not turn to him who struck them,nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
14. So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail,palm branch and reed in one day—
15. the elder and honored man is the head,and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
16. for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
17. Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men,and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;for everyone is godless and an evildoer,and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger has not turned away,and his hand is stretched out still.
18. For wickedness burns like a fire;it consumes briers and thorns;it kindles the thickets of the forest,and they roll upward in a column of smoke.