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nations.</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The people walking in darkness</p><p class="poem">have seen a great light;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">a light has dawned</p><p class="poem">on those living in the land of darkness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You have enlarged the nation</p><p class="poem">and increased its joy.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.9.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">The people have rejoiced before you</p><p class="poem">as they rejoice at harvest time</p><p class="poem">and as they rejoice when dividing spoils.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For you have shattered their oppressive yoke<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the rod on their shoulders,</p><p class="poem">the staff of their oppressor,</p><p class="poem">just as you did on the day of Midian.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For every trampling boot of battle</p><p class="poem">and the bloodied garments of war</p><p class="poem">will be burned as fuel for the fire.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For a child will be born for us,</p><p class="poem">a son will be given to us,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the government will be on his shoulders.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">He will be named</p><p class="poem">Wonderful Counselor,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.6.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> Mighty God,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.6.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p><p class="poem">Eternal Father,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.6.5"><span class="xrfAlphabet">e</span></a> Prince of Peace.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.6.6"><span class="xrfAlphabet">f</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The dominion will be vast,</p><p class="poem">and its prosperity will never end.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">He will reign on the throne of David</p><p class="poem">and over his kingdom,</p><p class="poem">to establish and sustain it</p><p class="poem">with justice and righteousness from now on and forever.</p><p class="poem">The zeal of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> of Armies will accomplish this.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">The Hand Raised against Israel</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The Lord sent a message against Jacob;</p><p class="poem">it came against Israel.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>All the people —</p><p class="poem">Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> — will know it.</p><p class="poem">They will say with pride and arrogance,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“The bricks have fallen,</p><p class="poem">but we will rebuild with cut stones;</p><p class="poem">the sycamores have been cut down,</p><p class="poem">but we will replace them with cedars.”</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has raised up Rezin’s adversaries against him</p><p class="poem">and stirred up his enemies.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Aram from the east and Philistia from the west</p><p class="poem">have consumed Israel with open mouths.</p><p class="poem">In all this, his anger has not turned away,</p><p class="poem">and his hand is still raised to strike.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The people did not turn to him who struck them;</p><p class="poem">they did not seek the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> of Armies.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> cut off Israel’s head and tail,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">palm branch and reed in a single day.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The head is the elder, the honored one;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">the tail is the prophet, the one teaching lies.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The leaders of the people mislead them,</p><p class="poem">and those they mislead are swallowed up.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.9.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore the Lord does not rejoice</p><p class="poem">over<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.9.17.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> Israel’s young men</p><p class="poem">and has no compassion</p><p class="poem">on its fatherless and widows,</p><p class="poem">for everyone is a godless evildoer,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and every mouth speaks folly.</p><p class="poem">In all this, his anger has not turned away,</p><p class="poem">and his hand is still raised to strike.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For wickedness burns like a fire<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">that consumes thorns and briers</p><p class="poem">and kindles the forest thickets</p><p class="poem">so that they go up in a column of smoke.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The land is scorched</p><p class="poem">by the wrath of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> of Armies,</p><p class="poem">and the people are like fuel for the fire.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">No one has compassion on his brother.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.19.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They carve meat on the right,</p><p class="poem">but they are still hungry;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">they have eaten on the left,</p><p class="poem">but they are still not satisfied.</p><p class="poem">Each one eats the flesh of his arm.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.20.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.9.21" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Manasseh eats Ephraim,</p><p class="poem">and Ephraim, Manasseh;</p><p class="poem">together, both are against Judah.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">In all this, his anger has not turned away,</p><p class="poem">and his hand is still raised to strike.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.9.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Isaiah.9" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.9.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.3">9:3</a></span> Alt Hb tradition reads <span class="italic">have not increased joy</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.9.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.16">9:16</a></span> Or <span class="italic">are confused</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.9.17.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.17">9:17</a></span> DSS read <span class="italic">not spare</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Isaiah.9" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.1">9:1</a></span> Mt 4:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.2">9:2</a></span> Mt 4:16; Eph 5:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.2">9:2</a></span> Lk 1:79</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.3">9:3</a></span> Is 26:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.3">9:3</a></span> 1Sm 30:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.4">9:4</a></span> Is 10:27; 14:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.4">9:4</a></span> Jdg 7:25; Is 10:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.6">9:6</a></span> Is 7:14; 11:1–2; 53:2; Lk 2:11; Jn 3:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.6">9:6</a></span> Is 22:22; Mt 28:18; 1Co 15:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.6.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.6">9:6</a></span> Is 28:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.6.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.6">9:6</a></span> Dt 10:17; Neh 9:32; Is 10:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.6.5"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.6">9:6</a></span> Is 63:16; 64:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.6.6"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.6">9:6</a></span> Is 26:3,12; 54:10; 66:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.7">9:7</a></span> Ps 89:4; Dn 2:44; Lk 1:32–33</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.7">9:7</a></span> Is 37:32; 59:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.9">9:9</a></span> Ac 1:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.12">9:12</a></span> Is 5:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.14">9:14</a></span> Is 19:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.15">9:15</a></span> Is 3:2–3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.15">9:15</a></span> Is 28:15; 59:3–4; Jr 23:14,32; Mt 24:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.17">9:17</a></span> Is 1:4; 10:6; 14:20; 31:2; 32:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.18">9:18</a></span> Ps 83:14; Is 1:7; Nah 1:10; Mal 4:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.19">9:19</a></span> Is 1:31; 24:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.19.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.19">9:19</a></span> Mc 7:2,6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.20">9:20</a></span> Is 8:21–22</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.20.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.20">9:20</a></span> Dt 28:53–57; Is 49:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.21">9:21</a></span> 2Ch 28:6,8; Is 11:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.9.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.9.21">9:21</a></span> Is 5:25</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Isaiah.9" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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