Isaiah 9:15

The leaders and the highly respected people ¹  are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

1Sa 9:6; 1Ki 13:18; 1Ki 22:22-24; Isa 3:5; Isa 5:13; Isa 28:17; Isa 29:10; Jer 5:31; Jer 14:14,15; Jer 23:9,14,15,25-27; Jer 27:9,10,14,15; Jer 28:15,16; Jer 29:21,22; Eze 13:1-16,19,22; Ho 9:8; Mal 2:9; Mt 7:15; Mt 24:24; 2Co 11:13-15; Ga 1:8,9; 2Th 2:9-12; 2Ti 4:2,3; 2Pe 2:1-3; 1Jo 4:1; Re 19:20

¹ tn Heb “the elder and the one lifted up with respect to the face.” For another example of the Hebrew idiom, see 2 Kgs 5:1.