Isaías 9:16

16 Pues los líderes del pueblo lo han engañado;
lo han llevado por la senda de la destrucción.

Isaías 9:16 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 9:16

For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err
Or, "who bless this people", as the Septuagint and Arabic versions; and so the Targum,

``who praise this people;''

that call them blessed, pronounce them happy, see ( Malachi 3:15 ) and promise them happiness, both in this world and that to come, though guilty of notorious sins, and live a vicious course of life; and so harden them in their iniquities, and cause them to wander more and more from the way of truth and righteousness; and lead them unto, and leave them in, fatal mistakes about their state and condition. These seem to design the ecclesiastical leaders of the people, the blind leaders of the blind, see ( Isaiah 3:12 ) ( Matthew 15:14 ) : and [they that are] led of them [are] destroyed;
or, "they" that "are blessed of them are swallowed up" ^F3; and so irrecoverably lost; the deceivers and the deceived perish together; as it is sinful in teachers and leaders of the people to teach them false things, and lead them out of the way, it is criminal in the people to be led and taught by them, who ought to take care what they hear and receive; and therefore both are righteously punished; for the words are a reason why the Lord would cut off both the one and the other.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Myelbm wyrvamw) "qui ex hoc populo beati dicuntur, absorbebuntur", Vatablus.

Isaías 9:16 In-Context

14 Por lo tanto, en un solo día el Señor
destruirá tanto la cabeza como la cola,
la noble rama de palma y el humilde junco.

15 Los líderes de Israel son la cabeza,
y los profetas mentirosos son la cola.

16 Pues los líderes del pueblo lo han engañado;
lo han llevado por la senda de la destrucción.

17 Por eso el Señor
no se complace en los jóvenes,
ni tiene misericordia siquiera de las viudas y los huérfanos.
Pues todos son unos hipócritas perversos,
y todos ellos hablan necedades.
Pero aun así no quedará satisfecho el enojo del Señor
.
Su puño sigue preparado para dar el golpe.

18 Esa perversidad es como un incendio de maleza
que no solo quema las zarzas y los espinos
sino que también hace arder los bosques.
Su fuego hace subir nubes de humo.