Isaiah 9

9Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the Gentiles, by the way of the sea, along the Jordan—H4155H4164H6256H7223H7043H776H2074H776H5321H314H3513H1870H3220H5676H3383H1551H14712The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.H5971H1980H2822H7200H1419H216H3427H776H6757H216H50503You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as men rejoice when dividing the plunder.H7235H1471H1431H8057H8055H6440H8057H7105H1523H2505H79984For as in the day of Midian's defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.H2865H5923H5448H4294H7926H7626H5065H3117H40805Every warrior's boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire.H5430H5431H7494H8071H1556H1818H8316H3980H7846For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.H3206H3205H1121H5414H4951H7926H8034H7121H6382H3289H1368H410H5703H1H8269H79657Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.H4766H4951H7965H7093H3678H1732H4467H3559H5582H4941H6666H5704H5769H7068H3068H6635H6213

The Lord’s Anger Against Israel

8The Lord has sent a message against Jacob; it will fall on Israel.H136H7971H1697H3290H5307H34789All the people will know it—Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria—who say with pride and arrogance of heart,H5971H3045H669H3427H8111H559H1346H1433H382410"The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars."H3843H5307H1129H1496H8256H1438H2498H73011But the LORD has strengthened Rezin's foes against them and has spurred their enemies on.H3068H7682H6862H7526H5526H341H552612Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.H758H6924H6430H268H398H3478H6310H639H7725H3027H518613But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD Almighty.H5971H7725H5221H1875H3068H663514So the LORD will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day;H3068H3772H3478H7218H2180H3712H100H259H311715the elders and prominent men are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail.H2205H6440H5375H1931H7218H5030H3384H8267H218016Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray.H833H5971H8582H833H110417Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men, nor will he pity the fatherless and widows, for everyone is ungodly and wicked, every mouth speaks vileness. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.H136H8055H970H7355H3490H490H2611H7489H6310H1696H5039H639H7725H3027H518618Surely wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns, it sets the forest thickets ablaze, so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.H7564H1197H784H398H8068H7898H3341H5442H3293H55H1348H622719By the wrath of the LORD Almighty the land will be scorched and the people will be fuel for the fire; no one will spare his brother.H5678H3068H6635H776H6272H5971H3980H784H376H2550H25120On the right they will devour, but still be hungry; on the left they will eat, but not be satisfied. Each will feed on the flesh of his own offspring:H1504H3225H7457H398H8040H7646H398H376H1320H222021Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh; together they will turn against Judah. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.H4519H669H669H4519H3162H3063H639H7725H3027H5186