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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 9</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//isaiah/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/isaiah/">Isaiah</a> > Isaiah 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/8.htm" title="Isaiah 8">◄</a> Isaiah 9 <a href="../isaiah/10.htm" title="Isaiah 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/isaiah/9.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/isaiah/9.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/isaiah/9.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/isaiah/9.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/9.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/isaiah/9.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/9.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Unto Us a Child Is Born<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/4.htm#12">Matthew 4:12–17</a>; <a href ="../mark/1.htm#14">Mark 1:14–15</a>; <a href ="../luke/4.htm#14">Luke 4:14–15</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations: <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The people walking in darkness <p class="indent2"> have seen a great light; <p class="indent1"> on those living in the land of the shadow of death, <p class="indent2"> a light has dawned.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You have enlarged the nation <p class="indent2"> and increased its joy. <p class="indent1"> The people rejoice before You <p class="indent2"> as they rejoice at harvest time, <p class="indent2"> as men rejoice in dividing the plunder. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For as in the day of Midian <p class="indent2"> You have shattered the yoke of their burden, <p class="indent1"> the bar across their shoulders, <p class="indent2"> and the rod of their oppressor. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For every trampling boot of battle <p class="indent2"> and every garment rolled in blood <p class="indent2"> will be burned as fuel for the fire. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For unto us a child is born, <p class="indent2"> unto us a son is given, <p class="indent2"> and the government will be upon His shoulders. <p class="indent1"> And He will be called <p class="indent2"> Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, <p class="indent2"> Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Of the increase of His government and peace <p class="indent2"> there will be no end. <p class="indent1"> He will reign on the throne of David <p class="indent2"> and over his kingdom, <p class="indent1"> to establish and sustain it <p class="indent2"> with justice and righteousness <p class="indent2"> from that time and forevermore. <p class="indent1stline"> The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this. <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Judgment against Israel’s Pride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, <p class="indent2"> and it has fallen upon Israel. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>All the people will know it—<p class="indent2"> Ephraim<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> and the dwellers of Samaria. <p class="indent1"> With pride and arrogance of heart <p class="indent2"> they will say: <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“The bricks have fallen, <p class="indent2"> but we will rebuild with finished stone; <p class="indent1"> the sycamores have been felled, <p class="indent2"> but we will replace them with cedars.” <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him <p class="indent2"> and joined his enemies together. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Aram<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> from the east and Philistia from the west <p class="indent2"> have devoured Israel with open mouths. <p class="indent1stline"> Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; <p class="indent2"> His hand is still upraised. <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Judgment against Israel’s Hypocrisy<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But the people did not return to Him who struck them; <p class="indent2"> they did not seek the LORD of Hosts. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, <p class="indent2"> both palm branch and reed in a single day. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The head is the elder and honorable man, <p class="indent2"> and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For those who guide this people mislead them, <p class="indent2"> and those they mislead are swallowed up. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; <p class="indent2"> He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. <p class="indent1"> For every one of them is godless and wicked, <p class="indent2"> and every mouth speaks folly. <p class="indent1stline"> Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; <p class="indent2"> His hand is still upraised. <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">Judgment against Israel’s Unrepentance<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For wickedness burns like a fire <p class="indent2"> that consumes the thorns and briers <p class="indent1"> and kindles the forest thickets <p class="indent2"> which roll upward in billows of smoke. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts <p class="indent2"> the land is scorched, <p class="indent1"> and the people are fuel for the fire. <p class="indent2"> No man even spares his brother. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They carve out what is on the right, <p class="indent2"> but they are still hungry; <p class="indent1"> they eat what is on the left, <p class="indent2"> but they are still not satisfied. <p class="indent2"> Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Manasseh devours Ephraim, <p class="indent2"> and Ephraim Manasseh; <p class="indent2"> together they turn against Judah. <p class="indent1stline"> Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; <p class="indent2"> His hand is still upraised.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Cited in <a href="../matthew/4.htm#15">Matthew 4:15–16</a><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> That is, the northern kingdom of Israel<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> That is, Syria<br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Literally <i>of his own arm</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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