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

For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

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

Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

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

The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

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

For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men, Nor does He have compassion on their orphans or their widows; For every one of them is godless and an evildoer, And every mouth is speaking foolishness. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away, And His hand is still stretched out.

Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.