Isaiah 9:17KJV
Protestant Bible · KJV · Verse 17 of 21
"Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand stretched out still."
In context
15The ancient and honourable, he the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he the tail.
16For the leaders of this people cause to err; and led of them destroyed.
17Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand stretched out still.
18For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up the lifting up of smoke.
19Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.