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They will rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest and like warriors dividing the plunder. <a href="/esv/isaiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a> Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a> You have multiplied the nation And increased its joy; They rejoice before You According to the joy of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> You will multiply the nation, You will increase their joy; They will rejoice in Your presence As with the joy of harvest, As people rejoice when they divide the spoils. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> You shall multiply the nation, You shall increase their gladness; They will be glad in Your presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Thou shalt multiply the nation, Thou shalt increase their gladness; They will be glad in Thy presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> You shall multiply the nation, You shall make great their gladness; They will be glad in Your presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil. <a href="/amp/isaiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You [O God] will increase the nation, You will multiply their joy; They will rejoice before You Like the joy and jubilation of the harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil [of victory]. <a href="/csb/isaiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people have rejoiced before you as they rejoice at harvest time and as they rejoice when dividing spoils. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people have rejoiced before You as they rejoice at harvest time and as they rejoice when dividing spoils. <a href="/asv/isaiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. <a href="/cev/isaiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Our LORD, you have made your nation stronger. Because of you, its people are glad and celebrate like workers at harvest time or like soldiers dividing up what they have taken. <a href="/erv/isaiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You will expand the nation and increase its happiness. It will be happy in your presence like those who celebrate the harvest or rejoice when dividing loot. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> You have given them great joy, Lord; you have made them happy. They rejoice in what you have done, as people rejoice when they harvest grain or when they divide captured wealth. <a href="/isv/isaiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> You have increased the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice in your presence as they rejoice at the harvest, as they are glad when they're dividing the spoils of war. <a href="/msb/isaiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder. <a href="/net/isaiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a> You have enlarged the nation; you give them great joy. They rejoice in your presence as harvesters rejoice; as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You have multiplied the nation. You have increased his joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. <a href="/web/isaiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a> You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the plunder. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> You have multiplied the nation, "" You have made its joy great, "" They have rejoiced before You as the joy in harvest, "" As [men] rejoice in their apportioning spoil. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast made great its joy, They have joyed before Thee as the joy in harvest, As men rejoice in their apportioning spoil. <a href="/slt/isaiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thou didst multiply the nation, thou didst not increase the joy: they rejoiced before thee according to the joy in harvest as they will exalt in their dividing the spoil.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou hast multiplied the nation, and hast not increased the joy. They shall rejoice before thee, as they that rejoice in the harvest, as conquerors rejoice after taking a prey, when they divide the spoils. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You have increased the nation, but you have not increased the rejoicing. They will rejoice before you, like those who rejoice at the harvest, like the victorious exulting after capturing the prey, when they divide the spoils. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a> You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing; They rejoice before you as people rejoice at harvest, as they exult when dividing the spoils. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You have multiplied the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as people exult when dividing plunder.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Thou hast multiplied the people, and thou hast increased its joy; they joy before thee as those who rejoice in the harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> You have multiplied the people and you increased joy for it. They rejoiced before you as those who rejoice in harvest and like those who dance when dividing the loot<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast increased their joy; They joy before Thee according to the joy in harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil. <a href="/sep/isaiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> 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. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/9-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=1870" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/9.htm">Unto Us a Child is Born</a> …2The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned. 3<a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: hir·bî·ṯā (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">You have enlarged</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w (Art:: N-ms) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the nation</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Prep:: 3ms) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1431.htm" title="1431: hiḡ·dal·tā (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- To grow up, become great. A primitive root; properly, to twist, i.e. To be large.">and increased</a> <a href="/hebrew/8057.htm" title="8057: haś·śim·ḥāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Joy, gladness, mirth. From sameach; blithesomeness or glee.">its joy.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8055.htm" title="8055: śā·mə·ḥū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- Rejoice, be glad. A primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. be blithe or gleesome.">The people rejoice</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before You</a> <a href="/hebrew/8057.htm" title="8057: kə·śim·ḥaṯ (Prep-k:: N-fsc) -- Joy, gladness, mirth. From sameach; blithesomeness or glee.">as they rejoice</a> <a href="/hebrew/7105.htm" title="7105: baq·qā·ṣîr (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- From qatsar; severed, i.e. Harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb.">at harvest time,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/1523.htm" title="1523: yā·ḡî·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To rejoice. Or guwl; a primitive root; properly, to spin round, i.e. Usually rejoice, or fear.">men rejoice</a> <a href="/hebrew/2505.htm" title="2505: bə·ḥal·lə·qām (Prep-b:: V-Piel-Inf:: 3mp) -- To be smooth, to apportion, separate. A primitive root; to be smooth; by implication to apportion or separate.">in dividing</a> <a href="/hebrew/7998.htm" title="7998: šā·lāl (N-ms) -- A prey, spoil, plunder, booty. From shalal; booty.">the plunder.</a> 4For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/4-15.htm">Matthew 4:15-16</a> “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— / the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.” <a href="/luke/2-10.htm">Luke 2:10-11</a> But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: / Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord! <a href="/john/16-20.htm">John 16:20-22</a> Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. / A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. / So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. <a href="/acts/2-46.htm">Acts 2:46-47</a> With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart, / praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. <a href="/romans/15-10.htm">Romans 15:10-13</a> Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.” / And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.” / And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.” ... <a href="/1_peter/1-8.htm">1 Peter 1:8-9</a> Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy, / now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. <a href="/psalms/4-7.htm">Psalm 4:7</a> You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound. <a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Psalm 16:11</a> You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand. <a href="/psalms/30-11.htm">Psalm 30:11</a> You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, <a href="/psalms/126-5.htm">Psalm 126:5-6</a> Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. / He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain. <a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Jeremiah 31:12-13</a> They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. / Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow. <a href="/zechariah/8-19.htm">Zechariah 8:19</a> “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.” <a href="/nehemiah/8-10.htm">Nehemiah 8:10</a> Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” <a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm">Isaiah 35:10</a> So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee. <a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Isaiah 61:3</a> to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>You have multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before you according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.hast multiplied<a href="/isaiah/26-15.htm">Isaiah 26:15</a> Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.<a href="/isaiah/49-20.htm">Isaiah 49:20-22</a> The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell… <a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Nehemiah 9:23</a> Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.not increased the joy.<a href="/isaiah/12-1.htm">Isaiah 12:1</a> And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.<a href="/isaiah/25-9.htm">Isaiah 25:9</a> And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.<a href="/isaiah/35-2.htm">Isaiah 35:2,10</a> It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God… according<a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Isaiah 16:9,10</a> Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen… and as men<a href="/judges/5-3.htm">Judges 5:3</a> Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.<a href="/1_samuel/30-16.htm">1 Samuel 30:16</a> And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.<a href="/2_chronicles/20-25.htm">2 Chronicles 20:25-28</a> And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/19-49.htm">Apportioning</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-6.htm">Divide</a> <a href="/judges/7-16.htm">Dividing</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-9.htm">Division</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Enlarged</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Getting</a> <a href="/songs/1-4.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/songs/3-11.htm">Gladness</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-10.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm">Great</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-1.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-11.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-11.htm">Increasing</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-10.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/psalms/119-14.htm">Joyed</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-11.htm">Multiplied</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-8.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-6.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/19-49.htm">Apportioning</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-2.htm">Divide</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-12.htm">Dividing</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-23.htm">Division</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-15.htm">Enlarged</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Getting</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-8.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm">Gladness</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-31.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Increasing</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-19.htm">Joyed</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-2.htm">Multiplied</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-2.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-2.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-2.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 9</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">What joy shall be in the midst of afflictions, by the birth and kingdom of Christ</a> 8. <a href="/isaiah/9-8.htm">The judgments upon Israel for their pride</a> 13. <a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm">For their hypocrisy</a> 18. <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">And for their unrepentance</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase reflects a time of expansion and blessing for the nation of Israel. Historically, this can be seen as a reference to the growth and prosperity under the reigns of kings like David and Solomon, when Israel's territory and influence were at their peak. Theologically, it points to God's covenant faithfulness and His promises to Abraham about making his descendants a great nation (<a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2</a>). The increase in joy is often associated with divine favor and blessing, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/psalms/126-2.htm">Psalm 126:2-3</a>, where the return from exile is marked by joy and laughter. This joy is not merely circumstantial but rooted in the fulfillment of God's promises and His presence among His people.The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, The imagery of harvest is significant in the biblical context, symbolizing abundance, provision, and God's faithfulness in providing for His people. Harvest festivals, such as the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost), were times of great celebration and gratitude to God for His provision (<a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Exodus 23:16</a>). This phrase suggests a deep, communal joy that is both spiritual and physical, as the people recognize God's hand in their prosperity. The joy before God indicates worship and acknowledgment of His sovereignty and goodness. This also foreshadows the ultimate harvest of souls in the New Testament, where Jesus speaks of the fields being ripe for harvest (<a href="/john/4-35.htm">John 4:35</a>).as men rejoice in dividing the plunder. This phrase evokes the joy and relief experienced after a victorious battle, where the spoils of war are shared among the victors. In the ancient Near Eastern context, dividing plunder was a common practice following military success, symbolizing triumph and the end of conflict. Biblically, this can be connected to the victories God granted Israel over their enemies, such as in the time of Joshua or during the reign of King David. Spiritually, it points to the ultimate victory over sin and death through Jesus Christ, who is often depicted as a conquering king (<a href="/revelation/19-11.htm">Revelation 19:11-16</a>). The joy in dividing the plunder is a metaphor for the peace and rest that come from God's deliverance and salvation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_nation_of_israel.htm">The Nation of Israel</a> The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecy, representing God's chosen people who are promised growth and joy. 2. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> The prophet who delivers God's message of hope and restoration to Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/h/harvest_time.htm">Harvest Time</a> A significant event symbolizing abundance and God's provision, often associated with joy and celebration. 4. <a href="/topical/d/dividing_the_plunder.htm">Dividing the Plunder</a> A metaphor for victory and the spoils of war, symbolizing triumph and the joy that follows deliverance. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The ultimate source of the nation's enlargement and joy, the one before whom the people rejoice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/j/joy_in_god's_provision.htm">Joy in God's Provision</a> Recognize that true joy comes from God's provision and blessings, much like the joy of harvest time. <a href="/topical/v/victory_and_deliverance.htm">Victory and Deliverance</a> Understand that spiritual victories bring joy akin to dividing the plunder, as God delivers us from sin and adversity. <a href="/topical/g/growth_and_enlargement.htm">Growth and Enlargement</a> Reflect on how God desires to enlarge our spiritual territory, increasing our capacity for joy and service. <a href="/topical/r/rejoicing_in_god's_presence.htm">Rejoicing in God's Presence</a> Emphasize the importance of rejoicing before God, acknowledging His role in our lives and communities. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_celebration.htm">Community and Celebration</a> Encourage communal joy and celebration, as seen in the shared experiences of harvest and victory.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 9</a> <a href="/q/what_was_jesus'_purpose_on_earth.htm">What was Jesus' purpose on Earth?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_18_4's_imagery_align.htm">Isaiah 18:4: How does the imagery of God quietly observing nations square with other passages where God is depicted as actively intervening?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_god_both_protector_and_punisher.htm">According to Judges 2:14, God allowed Israel to be plundered; how does this harmonize with passages portraying Him as ever-faithful protector?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_25_6_align_with_israel's_exclusivity.htm">How does Isaiah 25:6, which speaks of a universal feast for all peoples, align with other Old Testament passages emphasizing Israel's exclusivity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy . . .--Better, following the marginal reading of the Hebrew: Thou hast increased its joy. The picture is one of unmingled brightness; the return as of a golden age, the population growing to an extent never attained before (comp. <a href="/isaiah/26-15.htm" title="You have increased the nation, O LORD, you have increased the nation: you are glorified: you had removed it far to all the ends of the earth.">Isaiah 26:15</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/31-27.htm" title="Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.">Jeremiah 31:27</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm" title="And I will multiply on you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better to you than at your beginnings: and you shall know that I am the LORD.">Ezekiel 36:11</a>), and scarcely admits of the dark shadow introduced by the reading of the text, unless, with some critics (Kay), we see in the words a contrast between the outward prosperity of the days of Solomon and Uzziah, in which there was no permanent joy, and the abundancy of joyfulness under the ideal king.They joy before thee according to the joy in harvest . . .--The words "before thee" are significant. The gladness of the people is that of worshippers at a sacrificial feast (<a href="/isaiah/25-6.htm" title="And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make to all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.">Isaiah 25:6</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/12-7.htm" title="And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, wherein the LORD your God has blessed you.">Deuteronomy 12:7</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/12-12.htm" title="And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; for as much as he has no part nor inheritance with you.">Deuteronomy 12:12</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/12-18.htm" title="But you must eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all that you put your hands to.">Deuteronomy 12:18</a>), who find the secret spring of blessing in their consciousness of the presence of Jehovah. So the New Testament writers speak of "rejoicing in the Lord" (<a href="/philippians/3-1.htm" title="Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.">Philippians 3:1</a>), of "joy in the Holy Ghost" (<a href="/romans/14-17.htm" title="For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.">Romans 14:17</a>). This "joy of harvest" represents the peaceful side of that gladness, thought of as the gift of God (<a href="/acts/14-17.htm" title="Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.">Acts 14:17</a>). But it had another aspect. It was the rejoicing after a conflict, historically with foes like the Assyrians, spiritually with all powers hostile to the true kingdom of God (<a href="/matthew/12-29.htm" title="Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.">Matthew 12:29</a>). The joy of the conquerors on the battle-field, like that of harvest, had become proverbial (<a href="/psalms/119-162.htm" title="I rejoice at your word, as one that finds great spoil.">Psalm 119:162</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy. Dr. Kay defends this reading, and supposes a contrast of time between this clause and the next; he renders, "Thou didst multiply the nation" (i.e. in the days of Solomon and again in those of Uzziah) "and not increase the joy; but now," etc. The objection is that the verbs are all in the same tense, the simple preterit, and that there is nothing in the original corresponding to "but now." Almost all other recent commentators accept the solution offered by the Masoretic reading (לו for לא), which makes the passage simple and easy: "Thou hast multiplied the nation; its joy thou hast increased; they joy before thee," etc. (So many Hebrew manuscripts, the Alexandrine Septuagint, the Syriac, Gesenius, Knobel, Cheyne, etc.) According to the joy in harvest. "The joy in harvest" was to the Jews the joy of the Feast of Tabernacles, or in gathering (<a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Exodus 23:16</a>), held when the last fruits were brought in. But the prophet is perhaps taking a wider view, and thinking of the many harvest festivals prevailing throughout Western Asia, all of them originating in gratitude to the Giver of all good, and many of them comprising manifestations of joy more jubilant than those habitual to his sedater countrymen. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/9-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You have enlarged הִרְבִּ֣יתָ (hir·bî·ṯā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> To be or become much, many or great the nation הַגּ֔וֹי (hag·gō·w) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts and increased הִגְדַּ֣לְתָּ (hiḡ·dal·tā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1431.htm">Strong's 1431: </a> To grow up, become great its joy. הַשִּׂמְחָ֑ה (haś·śim·ḥāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8057.htm">Strong's 8057: </a> Blithesomeness, glee The people rejoice שָׂמְח֤וּ (śā·mə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8055.htm">Strong's 8055: </a> To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome before You לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face as they rejoice כְּשִׂמְחַ֣ת (kə·śim·ḥaṯ) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8057.htm">Strong's 8057: </a> Blithesomeness, glee at harvest time בַּקָּצִ֔יר (baq·qā·ṣîr) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7105.htm">Strong's 7105: </a> Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb as כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that [men] rejoice יָגִ֖ילוּ (yā·ḡî·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1523.htm">Strong's 1523: </a> To spin round, rejoice, fear in dividing בְּחַלְּקָ֥ם (bə·ḥal·lə·qām) Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2505.htm">Strong's 2505: </a> To be smooth, to apportion, separate the plunder. שָׁלָֽל׃ (šā·lāl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7998.htm">Strong's 7998: </a> A prey, spoil, plunder, booty <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/9-3.htm">Isaiah 9:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/9-3.htm">Isaiah 9:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/9-3.htm">Isaiah 9:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/9-3.htm">Isaiah 9:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/9-3.htm">Isaiah 9:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/9-3.htm">Isaiah 9:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/9-3.htm">Isaiah 9:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/9-3.htm">Isaiah 9:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/9-3.htm">Isaiah 9:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/9-3.htm">Isaiah 9:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-3.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 9:3 You have multiplied the nation (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 9:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 9:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 9:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 9:4" /></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="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>