Isaiah 9:16

The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed. ¹ 

biblegateway Isa 9:16

Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray.

biblegateway Isa 9:16

For those who guide this people are leading them astray; And those who are guided by them are brought to confusion.

biblegateway Isa 9:16

For the leaders of the people have led them down the path of destruction.

biblegateway Isa 9:16

Those who were supposed to lead this people led them down blind alleys, And those who followed the leaders ended up lost and confused.

SABDAweb Isa 9:16

For the guides of this people are the cause of their wandering from the right way, and those who are guided by them come to destruction.

bibleoremus Isa 9:16

for those who led this people led them astray, and those who were led by them were left in confusion.

biblegateway Isa 9:16

For the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by them are destroyed.

biblegateway Isa 9:16

The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed. ¹ 

¹ tn Heb “and the ones being led were swallowed up.” Instead of taking מְבֻלָּעִים (mÿbulla’im) from בָּלַע (bala’, “to swallow”), HALOT 134 s.v. בלע proposes a rare homonymic root בלע (“confuse”) here.