Book of Isaiah, Chapter 9
Chapter 9 of Isaiah
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,
on them has light shined.
thou hast increased its joy;
they rejoice before thee
as with joy at the harvest,
as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
and the staff for his shoulder,
the rod of his oppressor,
thou hast broken as on the day of Mid′ian.
and every garment rolled in blood
will be burned as fuel for the fire.
to us a son is given;
and the government will be upon his shoulder,
and his name will be called
“Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
there will be no end,
upon the throne of David, and over his kingdom,
to establish it, and to uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and for evermore.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
and it will light upon Israel;
E′phraim and the inhabitants of Samar′ia,
who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
but we will put cedars in their place.”
and stirs up their enemies.
devour Israel with open mouth.
For all this his anger is not turned away
and his hand is stretched out still.
nor seek the LORD of hosts.
palm branch and reed in one day—
and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
and those who are led by them are swallowed up.
and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for every one is godless and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks folly.
For all this his anger is not turned away
and his hand is stretched out still.
it consumes briers and thorns;
it kindles the thickets of the forest,
and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
the land is burned,
and the people are like fuel for the fire;
no man spares his brother.
and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;
each devours his neighbor’s[d] flesh,
and together they are against Judah.
For all this his anger is not turned away
and his hand is stretched out still.FOOTNOTES
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