Isaiah 9

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1. 1Nevertheless, the darkness will not be as it was during her distress. In the past he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but afterward he more severely afflicted her by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
2. 2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who live in the land of the shadow of death, a light has shined on them.
3. 3You have multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy; they rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
4. 4For you have broken the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
5. 5For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this will be with burning and fuel of fire.
6. 6For a child is born to us, a son is given to us, and the authority to rule will rest on his shoulders. He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7. 7His government and peace will have no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with judgment and justice from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.
8. 8The Lord sent a message to Jacob, and it came upon Israel.
9. 9And all the people will know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, who say in the pride and arrogance of heart,
10. 10"The bricks have fallen, but we'll rebuild with cut stone. The sycamore trees have been chopped down, but we'll replace them with cedars."
11. 11Therefore the LORD will raise up the adversaries of Rezin against him and unite his enemies together;
12. 12The Syrians in front and the Philistines behind; they will devour Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, his anger is not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out.
13. 13Yet the people have not turned back to the one who struck them, and they have not sought the LORD of hosts.
14. 14Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel the head and the tail, the branch and the rush, all in one day.
15. 15The ancient and honorable are the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.
16. 16For those who guide this people cause them to go astray, and those who follow them are destroyed.
17. 17Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, nor shall He have mercy on their orphans and widows, for everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks foolishness. For all this, His anger is not turned away, but His hand is still stretched out.
18. 18Wickedness burns like a fire: it devours the briers and thorns, ignites the forest thickets, and they rise up like the lifting of smoke.
19. 19Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts, the land is darkened, and the people become like fuel for the fire. No one spares his brother.
20. 20They grab food on the right and are still hungry; they devour what's on the left and are never satisfied. Each person even eats the flesh of his own arm.
21. 21Manasseh is against Ephraim, and Ephraim is against Manasseh, and together they are against Judah. Even after all this, his anger is not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out.