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He afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time He will glorify the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; they who dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them the light has shined.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You have multiplied the nation. You have increased <i>their</i> joy. They rejoice before You according to the joy in harvest, and <i>as men</i> rejoice when they divide the spoil,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For You have broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his taskmaster, as <i>in</i> the day of Midian;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For every warrior's boot used in battle, and every garment rolled in blood shall be burning fuel for the fire.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Of the increase of <i>His</i> government and peace <i>there shall be</i> no end, upon the throne of David, and over His kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with righteousness from henceforth, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The LORD sent a word against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And all the people shall know, Ephraim and the people of Samaria, saying in pride and arrogance of heart,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>"The bricks have fallen down, but we will build <i>with</i> cut stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we will use cedars instead."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the LORD shall set up the foes of Rezin against him, and spur on his enemies;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The Syrians from the east and the Philistines from the west; and they shall devour Israel with an open mouth. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand <i>is</i> stretched out still,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For the people do not turn to Him Who strikes them, nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, <i>in</i> one day.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The elder and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet who teaches lies, he <i>is</i> the tail,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For the leaders of this people led <i>them</i> astray; and <i>those who are</i> led by them <i>are</i> swallowed up.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore the LORD shall not rejoice over their young men, nor shall He have mercy on their orphans and widows; for everyone <i>is</i> ungodly and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks foolishness. In all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand <i>is</i> stretched out still,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For wickedness burns like the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall roll upwards <i>like</i> the lifting up of smoke.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land scorched, and the people shall be as the fuel for the fire; no man shall spare his brother.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And they shall snatch on the right hand and <i>still</i> be hungry; and they shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied. Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Manasseh on Ephraim; and Ephraim on Manasseh; <i>and</i> they together <i>shall be</i> against Judah. 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