Isaiah 9

Nevertheless ^athe dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation,

When at the ^bfirst ^che lightly afflicted ^dthe land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,

And ^eafterward ^fdid more grievously afflict her ^dby the way of the sea,

^gBeyond Jordan, ^hin Galilee of ⁱthe nations.

²The ^djpeople ^kthat walked in darkness have seen a great light:

They that dwell in the land of ^lthe shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

^3llThou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy:

They joy before thee according to the ^mjoy in harvest,

And ⁿas men rejoice when ^othey divide the spoil.

⁴For thou hast broken ^pthe yoke of his burden, and ^qthe staff of his shoulder,

^qThe rod of his oppressor, as in ^rthe day of ^sMidian.

⁵For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise,

And garments rolled in blood;

^tBut this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

^6uFor unto us a child is born, unto us ^va Son is given:

And ^wthe government shall be ^xupon his shoulder:

And his name shall be called ^yWonderful, ^zCounseller, ^aThe mighty God,

^bThe everlasting ^cFather, ^dThe Prince of Peace.

⁷Of the increase of his government and peace ^ethere shall be no end,

^eUpon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom,

To order it, and to stablish it ^fwith judgment and with justice

From henceforth even for ever.

^gThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

⁸The Lord sent a word into Jacob,

And it hath lighted upon Israel.

⁹And all the people shall ^hknow,

Even ⁱEphraim and the inhabitant of ^kSamaria,

That say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

¹⁰The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones:

^lThe sycomores are cut down, but we will ^mchange them into cedars.

¹¹Therefore the Lord shall ⁿset up the adversaries of ^oRezin against him,

And join his enemies together;

^12pThe Syrians before, and ^qthe Philistines behind;

And they shall devour Israel with open mouth.

^rFor all this his anger is not turned away,

But his hand is stretched out still.

¹³For ^sthe people turneth not unto him that smiteth them,

Neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

¹⁴Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel ^thead and tail,

^tuBranch and ^tvrush, ^xin one day.

¹⁵The ancient and ^yhonourable, he is the head;

And ^zthe prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

¹⁶For ^athe leaders of this people ^zcause them to err;

And ^athey that are led of them are ^adestroyed.

¹⁷Therefore ^bthe Lord shall have no joy in their young men,

Neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows:

For every one is ^ca hypocrite and an evildoer,

And every mouth speaketh ^ccfolly.

^dFor all this his anger is not turned away,

But his hand is stretched out still.

¹⁸For wickedness ^eburneth as the fire:

It shall devour ^fthe briers and thorns,

And shall kindle in ^gthe thickets of the forest,

And they shall mount up like ^hthe lifting up of smoke.

¹⁹Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened,

And the people shall be as the fuel of the fire:

ⁱNo man shall spare his brother.

²⁰And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry;

And ^khe shall eat on the left hand, and ^kthey shall not be satisfied:

^lThey shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

^21mManasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh:

And ⁿthey together shall be against Judah.

^dFor all this his anger is not turned away,

But his hand is stretched out still.

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