68 The Lord sent his word unto Jacob and it hath lighted upon Israel.
69 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
70 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
71 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
72 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind: and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand stretched out still.
73 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.
74 Therefore, will the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush in one day.
75 The ancient, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
76 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
77 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one of them is a hypocrite and an evil doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand stretched out still.
78 For wickedness burneth as the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forests, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
