9But there will be no gloom for those who were 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 will make 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 lived in a land of deep darkness—on them light has shined.H5971H1980H2822H7200H1419H216H3427H776H6757H216H50503You have multiplied the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as people exult when dividing plunder.H7235H1471H1431H8057H8055H6440H8057H7105H1523H2505H79984For the yoke of their burden, and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.H2865H5923H5448H4294H7926H7626H5065H3117H40805For all the boots of the tramping warriors and all the garments rolled in blood shall be burned as fuel for the fire.H5430H5431H7494H8071H1556H1818H8316H3980H7846For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.H3206H3205H1121H5414H4951H7926H8034H7121H6382H3289H1368H410H5703H1H8269H79657His authority shall grow continually, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.H4766H4951H7965H7093H3678H1732H4467H3559H5582H4941H6666H5704H5769H7068H3068H6635H6213
Judgment on Arrogance and Oppression
8The Lord sent a word against Jacob, and it fell on Israel;H136H7971H1697H3290H5307H34789and all the people knew it—Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria—but in pride and arrogance of heart they said: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."H3843H5307H1129H1496H8256H1438H2498H73011So the LORD raised adversaries against them, and stirred up their enemies,H3068H7682H6862H7526H5526H341H552612the Arameans on the east and the Philistines on the west, and they devoured Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away; his hand is stretched out still.H758H6924H6430H268H398H3478H6310H639H7725H3027H518613The people did not turn to him who struck them, or seek the LORD of hosts.H5971H7725H5221H1875H3068H663514So the LORD cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in one day—H3068H3772H3478H7218H2180H3712H100H259H311715elders and dignitaries are the head, and prophets who teach lies are the tail;H2205H6440H5375H1931H7218H5030H3384H8267H218016for those who led this people led them astray, and those who were led by them were left in confusion.H833H5971H8582H833H110417That is why the Lord did not have pity on their young people, or compassion on their orphans and widows; for everyone was godless and an evildoer, and every mouth spoke folly. For all this his anger has not turned away, his hand is stretched out still.H136H8055H970H7355H3490H490H2611H7489H6310H1696H5039H639H7725H3027H518618For wickedness burned like a fire, consuming briers and thorns; it kindled the thickets of the forest, and they swirled upward in a column of smoke.H7564H1197H784H398H8068H7898H3341H5442H3293H55H1348H622719Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land was burned, and the people became like fuel for the fire; no one spared another.H5678H3068H6635H776H6272H5971H3980H784H376H2550H25120They gorged on the right, but still were hungry, and they devoured on the left, but were not satisfied; they devoured the flesh of their own kindred;H1504H3225H7457H398H8040H7646H398H376H1320H222021Manasseh devoured Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh, and together they were against Judah. For all this his anger has not turned away; his hand is stretched out still.H4519H669H669H4519H3162H3063H639H7725H3027H5186
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