Isaiah 9:15

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The ancient - The elder; the old man. And honorable - Hebrew, ‘The man of elevated countenance.’ The man of rank and office. The prophet t...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 9:8 to Isaiah 10:4 . Yahweh Smites Ephraim with Stroke after Stroke. It is generally agreed that Isaiah 5:26-29 formed the closing stro...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

head. tail. Reference to Pentateuch. Only here and Deuteronomy 28:13 ; Deuteronomy 28:44 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. The ancient and honorable, he is the head. What he had spoken allegorically about the head and the tail he explains more plainly a...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For the people turneth not, &c.— We have here the second crime of this refractory people, who, impenitent and stupid, regarded not the chas...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Divine Judgments on the Kingdom of Israel This section relates throughout to the kingdom of Israel. It belongs to the same period as the Chapter s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Explanatory of the metaphorical language in Isaiah 9:14 : cp. Isaiah 9:20 ; Isaiah 9:21 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is the sad cause of the Prophet's lamentation, and a miserable close he makes indeed of the sorrowful subject, at every termination: for the thi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The ancient and honourable, he [is] the head ,.... The elder in office, not in age; and who, on account of his office, dignity, and riches, is honou...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The ancient and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail. Ver. 15. The ancient and honourable is the hea...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For the people turneth not , &c. We have here the second crime of this refractory people, who, impenitent and stupid, regarded not the chastisem...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings against Judah; Threatenings against Israel. B. C. 740....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He is, i.e. signifies, as that word is commonly used in the Hebrew tongue, as Genesis 41:26,27 , and every where. The prophet that teacheth lie...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Second Chastisement. The Removal of the Leadership ( Isaiah 9:13-17 ). Analysis. a Yet the people have not turned to Him who smote them, nor...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jehovah's Hand Stretched our in Judgment
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The ancient and honorable, the princes and nobles of the people, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. The false prop...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 o...

¹⁵ The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 9:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 9:15