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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 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../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="../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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/9-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Unto Us a Child Is Born<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><font color=blue>(8:22A)</font> and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time. <font color=blue>(9:1)</font> Drink this first. Act quickly, O land of Zabulon, land of Nephthalim, and the rest <i>inhabiting</i> the sea-coast, and <i>the land</i> beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>O people walking in darkness, behold a great light: ye that dwell in the region <i>and</i> shadow of death, a light shall shine upon you.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The multitude of the people which thou hast brought down in thy joy, they shall even rejoice before thee as they that rejoice in harvest, and as they that divide the spoil.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Because the yoke that was laid upon them has been taken away, and the rod that was on their neck: for he has broken the rod of the exactors, as in the day of Madiam.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For they shall compensate for every garment that has been acquired by deceit, and <i>all</i> raiment with restitution; and they shall be willing, <i>even</i> if they were burnt with fire.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>His government shall be great, and of his peace there is no end: <i>it shall be</i> upon the throne of David, and <i>upon</i> his kingdom, to establish it, and to support <i>it</i> with judgement and with righteousness, from henceforth and forever. The seal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.<p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Judgment against Israel’s Pride<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The Lord has sent death upon Jacob, and it has come upon Israel.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And all the people of Ephraim, and they that dwelt in Samaria shall know, who say in their pride and lofty heart,<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The bricks are fallen down, but come, let us hew stones, and cut down sycamores and cedars, and let us build for ourselves a tower.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And God shall dash down them that rise up against him on mount Sion, and shall scatter his enemies;<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><i>even</i> Syria from the rising of the sun, and the Greeks from the setting of the sun, who devour Israel with open mouth. For all this <i>his</i> anger is not turned away, but still <i>his</i> hand is exalted.<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Judgment against Israel’s Hypocrisy<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But the people turned not until they were smitten, and they sought not the Lord.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So the Lord took away from Israel the head and tail, great and small, in one day:<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And they that pronounce this people blessed shall mislead them; and they mislead them that they may devour them.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore the Lord shall not take pleasure in their young men, neither shall he have pity on their orphans or on their widows: for they are all transgressors and wicked, and every mouth speaks unjustly. For all this <i>his</i> anger is not turned away, but <i>his</i> hand is yet exalted.<p> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">Judgment against Israel’s Unrepentance<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And iniquity shall burn as fire, and shall be devoured by fire as dry grass: and it shall burn in the thickets of the wood, and shall devour all that is round about the hills.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The whole earth is set on fire because of the fierce anger of the Lord, and the people shall be as men burnt by fire: no man shall pity his brother.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But <i>one</i> shall turn aside to the right hand, for he shall be hungry; and shall eat on the left, and a man shall by no means be satisfied with eating the flesh of his own arm.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For Manasses shall eat <i>the flesh</i> of Ephraim, and Ephraim <i>the flesh</i> of Manasses; for they shall besiege Juda together. For all this <i>his</i> anger is not turned away, but <i>his</i> hand is yet exalted.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>