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Isaiah 8:22–9:4

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22They will look toward the earth zand see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.

Birth of the Prince of Peace

9aNevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. bBut in the future He will bring honor to the Way of the Sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations.

2cThe people walking in darkness

have seen a great light; d

a light has dawned

on those living in the land of darkness. e

3You have enlarged the nation

and increased its joy. fg

The people have rejoiced before You

as they rejoice at harvest time

and as they rejoice when dividing spoils. h

4For You have shattered their oppressive yoke i

and the rod on their shoulders,

the staff of their oppressor,

just as You did on the day of Midian. j

Read in Logos
Isaiah 9:2: The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined.

Footnotes

  1. a9:1 Is 8:23 in Hb
  2. c9:2 Is 9:1 in Hb
  3. f9:3 Alt Hb tradition reads have not increased joy

Cross references

  1. z8:22 Is 5:30; 59:9; Jr 13:16; Am 5:18, 20; Zph 1:14–15
  2. b9:1 Mt 4:15
  3. d9:2 Mt 4:16; Eph 5:8
  4. e9:2 Lk 1:79
  5. g9:3 Is 26:15
  6. h9:3 1Sm 30:16
  7. i9:4 Is 10:27; 14:25
  8. j9:4 Jdg 7:25; Is 10:26