Isaiah 9:15-17

New International Reader's Version

¹⁵ The elders and important leaders are the heads.
    The prophets who teach lies are the tails.
¹⁶ Those who guide the people of Israel are leading them down the wrong path.
    So those who follow them aren’t on the right road.
¹⁷ The Lord will not be pleased with the young men.
    He won’t take pity on widows and on children whose fathers have died.
All of them are ungodly and evil.
    They say foolish things with their mouths.