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Formerly, he brought contempt to the region of Zebulun and the region of Naphtali, but in the future<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:1 So DSS; MT reads the latter time">c</a></span> he will have made glorious the way of the sea, the territory beyond the Jordan—Galilee of the nations.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:1 Or gentiles">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:2 This v. is 9:1 in the MT">e</a></span> The people who walked in darkness</p> <p class="poetry2">have seen a great light;</p> <p class="poetry2">for those living in a land of deep darkness,</p> <p class="poetry2">a light has shined upon them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You have increased the nation;</p> <p class="poetry2">you have increased its joy;</p> <p class="poetry2">they rejoice in your presence</p> <p class="poetry2">as they rejoice at the harvest,</p> <p class="poetry2">as they are glad</p> <p class="poetry2">when they’re dividing the spoils of war.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:3 1QIsaa MT lack of war">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Now as to the yoke that has been<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:4 Lit. yoke of">g</a></span> his burden,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the bar laid<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:4 DSS The Heb. lacks laid">h</a></span> on his shoulder—</p> <p class="poetry2">the rod of his oppressor—</p> <p class="poetry2">you have broken it<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:4 1QIsaa MT lack it">i</a></span> as on the day of Midiam.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads Midian; cf. Judg 7:8-25 2King 15:19; 16:8">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For every boot of the tramping soldier in battle tumult</p> <p class="poetry2">and every garment rolled in blood</p> <p class="poetry2">will be used for burning as fuel for a fire.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For to us a child is born,</p> <p class="poetry2">to us a son is given;</p> <p class="poetry2">and the government will be upon his shoulder,</p> <p class="poetry2">and his name is<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:6 So 1QIsaa; MT 4QIsac read name will be">k</a></span> called</p> <p class="poetry2">Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,</p> <p class="poetry2">Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Of the growth of his government and peace</p> <p class="poetry2">there will be no end.</p> <p class="poetry2">He will rule<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:7 DSS MT lack He will rule">l</a></span> over his kingdom,</p> <p class="poetry2">sitting on the throne of David,</p> <p class="poetry2">to establish it and to uphold it<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:7 So 1QIsaa, referring to the throne; MT reads it, referring to the kingdom">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">with justice and righteousness</p> <p class="poetry2">from this time onward and forevermore.</p> <p class="poetry2">The zeal of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will accomplish this.</p> <p class="heading">A Rebuke to Jacob and Israel</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“The LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Lord">n</a></span> has sent a plague<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:8 So LXX; MT reads word; 1QIsaa can mean plague or word.">o</a></span> against Jacob,</p> <p class="poetry2">and it will fall on Israel;</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and all of the people were evil<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:9 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read knew">p</a></span> —</p> <p class="poetry2">Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria—</p> <p class="poetry2">saying proudly with arrogant hearts:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>‘The bricks have fallen,</p> <p class="poetry2">but we will build with dressed<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:10 Or quarried">q</a></span> stones;</p> <p class="poetry2">the sycamore<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:10 The sycamore fruit tree native to Israel bears figs">r</a></span> trees have been cut down,</p> <p class="poetry2">but we will replace them with cedars.’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:10 i.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae">s</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But the LORD has raised adversaries<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:11 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; other MT mss. read princes">t</a></span> from Rezin<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:11 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks from Rezin">u</a></span> against him,</p> <p class="poetry2">and he stirs up his enemies—</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Arameans from the east</p> <p class="poetry2">and Philistines from the west—</p> <p class="poetry2">and they devour Israel with open mouths!</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“Yet<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:12 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; the Heb. lacks Yet">v</a></span> for all this, his anger has not turned away,</p> <p class="poetry2">and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:12 DSS MT lack ready to strike">w</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Judgment for Not Repenting</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“But the people have not returned to rely<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:13 1QIsaa MT LXX lack to rely">x</a></span> on<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:13 So 1QIsaa; MT reads toward; LXX reads until">y</a></span> him who struck them,</p> <p class="poetry2">nor have they sought the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So the LORD has cut off from Israel head and tail,</p> <p class="poetry2">palm branch and reed</p> <p class="poetry2">in<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; the The Heb. lacks in">z</a></span> a single day—</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>the elder and the dignitary is the head,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For those who guide this people have been leading them astray,</p> <p class="poetry2">and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore the Lord does not have pity on<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:17 So 1QIsaa;MT LXX read rejoice over">aa</a></span> their young men,</p> <p class="poetry2">and has no compassion on their orphans<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:17 Or fatherless">bb</a></span> and widows,</p> <p class="poetry2">because each of them was godless and an evildoer,</p> <p class="poetry2">and every mouth spoke folly.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“Yet<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:17 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; the Heb. lacks Yet">cc</a></span> for all this, his anger has not turned away,</p> <p class="poetry2">and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:17 DSS MT lack ready to strike">dd</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“For wickedness has burned like a blaze</p> <p class="poetry2">that consumes briers and thorns;</p> <p class="poetry2">it sets thickets of the forest on fire,</p> <p class="poetry2">and skyward<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:18 Lit. upward">ee</a></span> they swirl</p> <p class="poetry2">in a column of smoke.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>From<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads By">ff</a></span> the wrath of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies</p> <p class="poetry2">the land has been scorched,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the people have become like fuel for the fire;</p> <p class="poetry2">no one will spare his neighbor.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They cut meat on the right,</p> <p class="poetry2">but they’re still hungry,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they devour also<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:20 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lacks also">gg</a></span> on the left,</p> <p class="poetry2">but they’re not satisfied;</p> <p class="poetry2">each devours the flesh of his own children.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:20 So 4QIsae; or arms; 1QIsaa MT read offspring or arm; LXX reads arm">hh</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Manasseh devours Ephraim,</p> <p class="poetry2">and Ephraim devours Manasseh;</p> <p class="poetry2">together they are against Judah.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“Yet<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:21 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Yet">ii</a></span> for all this, his anger has not turned away,</p> <p class="poetry2">and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:21 DSS MT lack ready to strike">jj</a></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 9:1 This v. is 8:23 in the MT<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 9:1 So DSS; MT reads <i>those who were</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 9:1 So DSS; MT reads <i>the latter time</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 9:1 Or <i>gentiles</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 9:2 This v. is 9:1 in the MT<br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 9:3 1QIsaa MT lack <i>of war</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 9:4 Lit. <i>yoke of</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 9:4 DSS The Heb. lacks <i>laid</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 9:4 1QIsaa MT lack <i>it</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 9:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>Midian</i>; cf. Judg 7:8-25 2King 15:19; 16:8<br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 9:6 So 1QIsaa; MT 4QIsacread <i>name will be</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 9:7 DSS MT lack <i>He will rule</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 9:7 So 1QIsaa, referring to the throne; MT reads <i>it</i>, referring to the kingdom<br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 9:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>Lord</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 9:8 So LXX; MT reads <i>word</i>; 1QIsaa can mean <i>plague</i> or <i>word</i>.<br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 9:9 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>knew</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 9:10 Or <i>quarried</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 9:10 The sycamore fruit tree native to Israel bears figs<br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 9:10 i.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family <i>Pinaceae</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 9:11 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; other MT mss. read <i>princes</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 9:11 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks <i>from Rezin</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 9:12 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; the Heb. lacks <i>Yet</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 9:12 DSS MT lack <i>ready to strike</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 9:13 1QIsaa MT LXX lack <i>to rely</i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 9:13 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>toward</i>; LXX reads <i>until</i><br /><span class="fnb">z</span> 9:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; the The Heb. lacks <i>in</i><br /><span class="fnb">aa</span> 9:17 So 1QIsaa;MT LXX read <i>rejoice over</i><br /><span class="fnb">bb</span> 9:17 Or <i>fatherless</i><br /><span class="fnb">cc</span> 9:17 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; the Heb. lacks <i>Yet</i><br /><span class="fnb">dd</span> 9:17 DSS MT lack <i>ready to strike</i><br /><span class="fnb">ee</span> 9:18 Lit. <i>upward</i><br /><span class="fnb">ff</span> 9:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>By</i><br /><span class="fnb">gg</span> 9:20 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lacks <i>also</i><br /><span class="fnb">hh</span> 9:20 So 4QIsae; or <i>arms</i>;1QIsaa MT read <i>offsprin</i>g or <i>arm</i>; LXX reads <i>arm</i><br /><span class="fnb">ii</span> 9:21 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack <i>Yet</i><br /><span class="fnb">jj</span> 9:21 DSS MT lack <i>ready to strike</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/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><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></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>