Isaiah 9:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down headlong.

¹⁷ Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men: neither shall he have mercy on their fatherless, and widows: for every one is a hypocrite and wicked, and every mouth hath spoken folly. For all this his indignation is not turned away, but his bend is stretched out still.

¹⁸ For wickedness is kindled as a fire, it shall devour the brier and the thorn: and shall kindle in the thicket of the forest, and it shall be wrapped up in smoke ascending on high.