Isaiah 9

For to Us a Child Is Born

9But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.H4155H4164H6256H7223H7043H776H2074H776H5321H314H3513H1870H3220H5676H3383H1551H14712The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined.H5971H1980H2822H7200H1419H216H3427H776H6757H216H50503You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil.H7235H1471H1431H8057H8055H6440H8057H7105H1523H2505H79984For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.H2865H5923H5448H4294H7926H7626H5065H3117H40805For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.H5430H5431H7494H8071H1556H1818H8316H3980H7846For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.H3206H3205H1121H5414H4951H7926H8034H7121H6382H3289H1368H410H5703H1H8269H79657Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on 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 forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.H4766H4951H7965H7093H3678H1732H4467H3559H5582H4941H6666H5704H5769H7068H3068H6635H6213

Judgment on Arrogance and Oppression

8The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it will fall on Israel;H136H7971H1697H3290H5307H34789and all the people will know, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:H5971H3045H669H3427H8111H559H1346H1433H382410"The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place."H3843H5307H1129H1496H8256H1438H2498H73011But the LORD raises the adversaries of Rezin against him, and stirs up his enemies.H3068H7682H6862H7526H5526H341H552612The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.H758H6924H6430H268H398H3478H6310H639H7725H3027H518613The people did not turn to him who struck them, nor inquire of the LORD of hosts.H5971H7725H5221H1875H3068H663514So the LORD cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in one day—H3068H3772H3478H7218H2180H3712H100H259H311715the elder and honored man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;H2205H6440H5375H1931H7218H5030H3384H8267H218016for those who guide this people have been leading them astray, and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.H833H5971H8582H833H110417Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men, and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is godless and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.H136H8055H970H7355H3490H490H2611H7489H6310H1696H5039H639H7725H3027H518618For wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns; it kindles the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.H7564H1197H784H398H8068H7898H3341H5442H3293H55H1348H622719Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares another.H5678H3068H6635H776H6272H5971H3980H784H376H2550H25120They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry, and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied; each devours the flesh of his own arm,H1504H3225H7457H398H8040H7646H398H376H1320H222021Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh; together they are against Judah. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.H4519H669H669H4519H3162H3063H639H7725H3027H5186