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

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.

The leaders of the people mislead them , and those they mislead are swallowed up.

Those who guide these people lead them astray. Those who are guided by them will be destroyed.

biblegateway Isa 9:16

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

for those who guide this people have been leading them astray, and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

bibleoremus Isa 9:16

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

Those who guide this people have led them astray, and those who follow their guidance are engulfed.

biblegateway Isa 9:16

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

For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err; and [they that are] led of 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.