13 But the people did not turn unto him that smote them, neither did they seek the Lord of the hosts.
14 Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
15 The ancient and venerable to look upon is the head; the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.
16 For the governors of this people are deceivers, and those who are governed by them are lost.
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 an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
18 For wickedness burns as the fire, it shall devour the briers and thorns and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of the hosts the land is darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire; no man shall spare his brother.