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Birth
and Reign of the Prince of Peace |
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| Isaiah 9:1 |
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But there will be no more gloom for her who
was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of
Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of
the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. |
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| Isaiah 9:2 |
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The people who walk in darkness Will see a great
light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them. |
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| Isaiah 9:3 |
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You shall multiply the nation, You shall increase
their gladness; They will be glad in Your presence As with the gladness of harvest,
As men rejoice when they divide the spoil. |
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| Isaiah 9:4 |
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For You shall break the yoke of their burden
and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle
of Midian. |
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| Isaiah 9:5 |
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For every boot of the booted warrior in the
battle tumult, And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire. |
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| Isaiah 9:6 |
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For a child will be born to us, a son will be
given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will
be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. |
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| Isaiah 9:7 |
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There will be no end to the increase of His
government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish
it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this. |
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God's Anger with Israel's Arrogance |
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| Isaiah 9:8 |
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The Lord sends a message against Jacob, And
it falls on Israel. |
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| Isaiah 9:9 |
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And all the people know it, That is, Ephraim
and the inhabitants of Samaria, Asserting in pride and in arrogance of heart:
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| Isaiah 9:10 |
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"The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild
with smooth stones; The sycamores have been cut down, But we will replace them
with cedars." |
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| Isaiah 9:11 |
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Therefore the LORD raises against them adversaries
from Rezin And spurs their enemies on, |
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| Isaiah 9:12 |
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The Arameans on the east and the Philistines
on the west; And they devour Israel with gaping jaws. In spite of all this, His
anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out. |
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| Isaiah 9:13 |
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Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck
them, Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts. |
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| Isaiah 9:14 |
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So the LORD cuts off head and tail from Israel,
Both palm branch and bulrush in a single day. |
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| Isaiah 9:15 |
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The head is the elder and honorable man, And
the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail. |
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| Isaiah 9:16 |
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For those who guide this people are leading
them astray; And those who are guided by them are brought to confusion. |
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| Isaiah 9:17 |
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Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in
their young men, Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows; For every
one of them is godless and an evildoer, And every mouth is speaking foolishness.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched
out. |
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| Isaiah 9:18 |
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For wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes
briars and thorns; It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame And they roll
upward in a column of smoke. |
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| Isaiah 9:19 |
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By the fury of the LORD of hosts the land is
burned up, And the people are like fuel for the fire; No man spares his brother.
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| Isaiah 9:20 |
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They slice off what is on the right hand but
still are hungry, And they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied;
Each of them eats the flesh of his own arm. |
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| Isaiah 9:21 |
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Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,
And together they are against Judah. In spite of all this, His anger does not
turn away And His hand is still stretched out. |
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