¹⁵ The elder and honorable, he is the head;
The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.

¹⁶ For ^(A)the leaders of this people cause them to err,
And those who are led by them are destroyed.

¹⁵ Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with Sheol we are in agreement.
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
It will not come to us,
^(A)For we have made lies our refuge,
And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”