Isaiah 9:15-17

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁵ elders and dignitaries are the head,
    and prophets who teach lies are the tail;
¹⁶ for those who led this people led them astray,
    and those who were led by them were left in confusion.
¹⁷ That is why the Lord did not have pity on^[a] their young people,
    or compassion on their orphans and widows;
for everyone was godless and an evildoer,
    and every mouth spoke folly.
For all this his anger has not turned away;
    his hand is stretched out still.