Isaiah 9
1 Nevertheless the
dimness shall not be such as was in her
vexation, when at the
first he lightly
afflicted the
land of
Zebulun and the
land of
Naphtali, and
afterward did more grievously
afflict her by the
way of the
sea, beyond Jordan, in
Galilee of the
nations. 2 The
people that
walked in
darkness have
seen a
great light: they that
dwell in the
land of the shadow of
death, upon them hath the
light shined.
3 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. 4 For thou hast
broken the
yoke of his
burden, and the
staff of his
shoulder, the
rod of his
oppressor, as in the
day of
Midian. 5 For every
battle of the
warrior is with confused
noise, and
garments rolled in
blood; but this shall be with
burning and
fuel of
fire. 6 For unto us a
child is
born, unto us a
son is
given: and the
government shall be upon his
shoulder: and his
name shall be
called Wonderful, Counsellor, The
mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The
Prince of
Peace. 7 Of the
increase of his
government and
peace there shall be no
end, upon the
throne of
David, and upon his
kingdom, to
order it, and to
establish it with
judgment and with
justice from henceforth even
for ever. The
zeal of the
LORD of
hosts will
perform this.
8 The
Lord sent a
word into
Jacob, and it hath
lighted upon
Israel. 9 And all the
people shall
know, even
Ephraim and the
inhabitant of
Samaria, that
say in the
pride and
stoutness of
heart, 10 The
bricks are fallen
down, but we will
build with hewn
stones: the
sycomores are cut
down, but we will
change them into
cedars. 11 Therefore the
LORD shall set
up the
adversaries of
Rezin against him, and
join his
enemies together;
12 The
Syrians before, and the
Philistines behind; and they shall
devour Israel with open
mouth. For all this his
anger is not turned
away, but his
hand is stretched out
still.
13 For the
people turneth not unto him that
smiteth them, neither do they
seek the
LORD of
hosts. 14 Therefore the
LORD will cut
off from
Israel head and
tail, branch and
rush, in
one day. 15 The
ancient and
honourable,
he is the
head; and the
prophet that
teacheth lies, he is the
tail. 16 For the
leaders of this
people cause them to
err; and they that are
led of them are
destroyed.
17 Therefore the
Lord shall have no
joy in their young
men, neither shall have
mercy on their
fatherless and
widows: for every one is an
hypocrite and an
evildoer, and every
mouth speaketh folly. For all this his
anger is not turned
away, but his
hand is stretched out
still.
18 For
wickedness burneth as the
fire: it shall
devour the
briers and
thorns, and shall
kindle in the
thickets of the
forest, and they shall mount
up like the lifting
up of
smoke. 19 Through the
wrath of the
LORD of
hosts is the
land darkened, and the
people shall be as the
fuel of the
fire: no
man shall
spare his
brother. 20 And he shall
snatch on the right
hand, and be
hungry; and he shall
eat on the left
hand, and they shall not be
satisfied: they shall
eat every
man the
flesh of his own
arm: 21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and
Ephraim, Manasseh: and they
together shall be against
Judah. For all this his
anger is not turned
away, but his
hand is stretched out
still.