Teks -- Isaiah 9:14 (NET)

9:14 So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: Isa 9:14 - Head

High and low.

Wesley: Isa 9:14 - Branch

The goodly branches of tall trees, the mighty and noble.

Wesley: Isa 9:14 - Rush

The bulrush, the weakest and meanest persons.

Wesley: Isa 9:14 - One day

All together, one as well as another.

JFB: Isa 9:13-17

Second strophe.

JFB: Isa 9:13-17 - turneth not

The design of God's chastisements; not fulfilled in their case; a new cause for punishment (Jer 2:20; Jer 5:3).

JFB: Isa 9:14 - head and tail

Proverbial for the highest and lowest (Deu 28:13, Deu 28:44).

JFB: Isa 9:14 - branch and rush

Another image for the same thought (Isa 19:15). The branch is elevated on the top of the tree: the rush is coarse and low.

Clarke: Isa 9:14 - In one day

In one day - Thirteen MSS. of Kennicott and De Rossi read ביום beyond in a day; and another has a rasure in the place of the letter ב beth .

Calvin: Isa 9:14 - Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel // Head and tail, branch and reed

14.Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel He intimates that God’s vengeance will be universal, and will involve all ranks; for the whole nation was corrupted, and the contagion had spread over the whole country, to such an extent that no part was left whole or sound. Now, when iniquity thus abounds, every one flatters himself, and they think that they have concealed themselves by an admirable veil, because they have many who are like them; and when they compare themselves with others, they think that they have pleaded their excuse. This is the reason why he threatens that vengeance generally against all; for not one was free from the general disease.

Head and tail, branch and reed ¹⁵¹ By branch he means the stronger and more powerful; by reed or rush he means the feebler, that is, men of the lowest rank, and who had scarcely any wealth. He therefore means that the vengeance of God hangs over them, and spares neither the strong nor the weak, neither the highest nor the lowest, because no part is sound or uninfected by the general disease.

TSK: Isa 9:14 - will cut // in one day

will cut : Isa 3:2, Isa 3:3, Isa 19:15; 2Ki 17:6-20; Hos 1:4, Hos 1:6, Hos 1:9, Hos 4:5, Hos 5:12-14, Hos 8:8, Hos 9:11-17; Hos 13:3; Amo 2:14-16, Amo 3:12, Amo 5:2, Amo 5:3, Amo 6:11, Amo 7:8, Amo 7:9, Amo 7:17, Amo 9:1-9; Mic 1:6-8

in one day : Isa 10:17, Isa 30:13; Hos 10:15; Rev 18:8, Rev 18:10,Rev 18:17

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Isa 9:14 - Head and tail // Branch // Rush // In one day

Head and tail high and low, honourable and contemptible, as the next verse explains it.

Branch the goodly branches of tall and strong trees, the mighty and noble.

Rush the bulrush, the weakest and meanest persons.

In one day all together, one as well as another, without any distinction.

Haydock: Isa 9:14 - Him

Him. Hebrew, "the branch and the rush." (Calmet) ---

Septuagint, "the great and the small."

Gill: Isa 9:14 - Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail // branch and rush, in one day

Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail,.... The former of these is afterwards interpreted of "the ancient and honourable", men in high places, civil magistrates, judges, governors, and elders of the people, the king as supreme, and all subordinate officers; and so the Targum,

"the Lord will destroy from Israel the prince and the ruler;''

and the latter is interpreted of the false prophet. The people of Israel are compared to a beast with a tail, being so sadly degenerated and corrupted; as the Romish antichrist, in both his capacities, civil and ecclesiastical, is compared to a beast; the one being the head, and the other the tail, Rev 13:1 and Rome Pagan to a dragon with a tail, Rev 12:3 and the Saracens and Turks to locusts with tails like the tails of scorpions, Rev 9:10,

branch and rush, in one day. The Septuagint render it, "great and small"; and so the Arabic version; the first word intending the great men of the nation, in flourishing circumstances, like branches of trees; the latter the common, people, like reeds and rushes, weak and feeble; so Kimchi explains them,

"the strong and the weak;''

though the Targum interprets both of the governor and lord; and so Jarchi says they signify kings and governors; but Aben Ezra renders the word root and branch; and so they may denote the utter destruction of the people of Israel, fathers and children, high and low, rich and poor. See Mal 4:1.