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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/isaiah/9.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../topmenuchap/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="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">JPS Tanakh 1917</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 class="vheading">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For is there no gloom to her that was stedfast? Now the former hath lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but the latter hath dealt a more grievous blow by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, in the district of the nations. <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The people that walked in darkness Have seen a great light;</div><div class="po2">They that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,</div><div class="po2">Upon them hath the light shined.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-3.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Thou hast multiplied the nation,</div><div class="po2">Thou hast increased their joy;</div><div class="po2">They joy before Thee according to the joy in harvest,</div><div class="po2">As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For the yoke of his burden,</div><div class="po2">And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor,</div><div class="po2">Thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For every boot stamped with fierceness,</div><div class="po2">And every cloak rolled in blood,</div><div class="po2">Shall even be for burning, for fuel of fire.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For a child is born unto us,</div><div class="po2">A son is given unto us;</div><div class="po2">And the government is upon his shoulder;</div><div class="po2">And his name is called</div><div class="po2"><span class="fn"><a href="#ftn">a</a></span>Pele-joez-el-gibbor-Abi-ad-sar-shalom;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>That the government may be increased, And of peace there be no end,</div><div class="po2">Upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom,</div><div class="po2">To establish it, and to uphold it</div><div class="po2">Through justice and through righteousness From henceforth even for ever.</div><div class="po2">The zeal of the LORD of hosts doth perform this.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-8.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The Lord sent a word into Jacob,</div><div class="po2">And it hath lighted upon Israel.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-9.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And all the people shall know,</div><div class="po2">Even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria,</div><div class="po2">That say in pride and in arrogancy of heart:</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-10.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>‘The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stones;</div><div class="po2">The sycamores are cut down, but cedars will we put in their place.’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-11.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore the LORD doth set upon high the adversaries of Rezin against him,</div><div class="po2">And spur his enemies;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The Arameans on the east, and the Philistines on the west;</div><div class="po2">And they devour Israel with open mouth.</div><div class="po2">For all this His anger is not turned away,</div><div class="po2">But His hand is stretched out still.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Yet the people turneth not unto Him that smiteth them,</div><div class="po2">Neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore the LORD doth cut off from Israel head and tail,</div><div class="po2">Palm-branch and rush, in one day.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The elder and the man of rank, he is the head;</div><div class="po2">And the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-16.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For they that lead this people cause them to err;</div><div class="po2">And they that are led of them are destroyed.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men,</div><div class="po2">Neither shall He have compassion on their fatherless and widows;</div><div class="po2">For every one is ungodly and an evil-doer,</div><div class="po2">And every mouth speaketh wantonness. For all this His anger is not turned away,</div><div class="po2">But His hand is stretched out still.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For wickedness burneth as the fire;</div><div class="po2">It devoureth the briers and thorns;</div><div class="po2">Yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest,</div><div class="po2">And they roll upward in thick clouds of smoke.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land burnt up;</div><div class="po2">The people also are as the fuel of fire;</div><div class="po2">No man spareth his brother.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And one snatcheth on the right hand, and is hungry;</div><div class="po2">And he eateth on the left hand, and is not satisfied;</div><div class="po2">They eat every man the flesh of his own arm:</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-21.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh;</div><div class="po2">And they together are against Judah.</div><div class="po2">For all this His anger is not turned away,</div><div class="po2">But His hand is stretched out still.</div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><br>{fn: a} That is, Wonderful in counsel is God, the Mighty, the Everlasting Father, the Ruler of peace.</span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/isaiah/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>