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Isaiah 9 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 9
The Government of the Promised Son
The Birth of the Prince of Peace
(Is. 11:1–9 )
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1 Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed,
​​As when at first He lightly esteemed
​​The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
​​And afterward more heavily oppressed her,
​​By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
​​In Galilee of the Gentiles.
2 ​​The people who walked in darkness
​​Have seen a great light;
​​Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
​​Upon them a light has shined.
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3 ​​You have multiplied the nation
​​And increased its joy;[fn]
​​They rejoice before You
​​According to the joy of harvest,
​​As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
4 ​​For You have broken the yoke of his burden
​​And the staff of his shoulder,
​​The rod of his oppressor,
​​As in the day of Midian.
5 ​​For every warrior’s sandal from the noisy battle,
​​And garments rolled in blood,
​​Will be used for burning and fuel of fire.
​
6 ​​For unto us a Child is born,
​​Unto us a Son is given;
​​And the government will be upon His shoulder.
​​And His name will be called
​​Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
​​Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 ​​Of the increase of His government and peace
​​There will be no end,
​​Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
​​To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
​​From that time forward, even forever.
​​The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
The Punishment of Samaria
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8 ​​The Lord sent a word against Jacob,
​​And it has fallen on Israel.
9 ​​All the people will know—
​​Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria—
​​Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:
10 ​​“The bricks have fallen down,
​​But we will rebuild with hewn stones;
​​The sycamores are cut down,
​​But we will replace them with cedars.”
11 ​​Therefore the LORD shall set up
​​The adversaries of Rezin against him,
​​And spur his enemies on,
12 ​​The Syrians before and the Philistines behind;
​​And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth.
​
​​For all this His anger is not turned away,
​​But His hand is stretched out still.
​
13 ​​For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them,
​​Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.
14 ​​Therefore the LORD will cut off head and tail from Israel,
​​Palm branch and bulrush in one day.
15 ​​The elder and honorable, he is the head;
​​The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
16 ​​For the leaders of this people cause them to err,
​​And those who are led by them are destroyed.
17 ​​Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men,
​​Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows;
​​For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer,
​​And every mouth speaks folly.
​
​​For all this His anger is not turned away,
​​But His hand is stretched out still.
​
18 ​​For wickedness burns as the fire;
​​It shall devour the briers and thorns,
​​And kindle in the thickets of the forest;
​​They shall mount up like rising smoke.
19 ​​Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts
​​The land is burned up,
​​And the people shall be as fuel for the fire;
​​No man shall spare his brother.
20 ​​And he shall snatch on the right hand
​​And be hungry;
​​He shall devour on the left hand
​​And not be satisfied;
​​Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.
21 ​​Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh;
​​Together they shall be against Judah.
​
​​For all this His anger is not turned away,
​​But His hand is stretched out still.
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NKJV Footnotes
Following Qere and Targum; Kethib and Vulgate read not increased joy; Septuagint reads Most of the people You brought down in Your joy.
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