The Government of the Promised Son

9 Nevertheless athe gloom will not be upon her who is distressed,

As when at bfirst He lightly esteemed

The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,

And cafterward more heavily oppressed her,

By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,

In Galilee of the Gentiles.

2 dThe people who walked in darkness

Have seen a great light;

Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,

Upon them a light has shined.

3 You have multiplied the nation

And 1increased its joy;

They rejoice before You

According to the joy of harvest,

As men rejoice ewhen they divide the spoil.

4 For You have broken the yoke of his burden

And the staff of his shoulder,

The rod of his oppressor,

As in the day of fMidian.

5 For every warrior’s 2sandal from the noisy battle,

And garments rolled in blood,

gWill be used for burning and fuel 3of fire.

6 hFor unto us a Child is born,

Unto us a iSon is given;

And jthe government will be upon His shoulder.

And His name will be called

kWonderful, Counselor, lMighty God,

Everlasting Father, mPrince of Peace.

7 Of the increase of His government and peace

nThere will be no end,

Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,

To order it and establish it with judgment and justice

From that time forward, even forever.

The ozeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

The Punishment of Samaria

8 The Lord sent a word against pJacob,

And it has fallen on Israel.

9 All the people will know—

Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria—

Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:

10 “The bricks have fallen down,

But we will rebuild with hewn stones;

The sycamores are cut down,

But we will replace them with cedars.”

11 Therefore the Lord shall set up

The adversaries of Rezin against him,

And spur his enemies on,

12 The Syrians before and the Philistines behind;

And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth.

For all this His anger is not turned away,

But His hand is 4stretched out still.

13 For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them,

Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.

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

Palm branch and bulrush qin one day.

15 The elder and honorable, he is the head;

The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.

16 For rthe leaders of this people cause them to err,

And those who are led by them are destroyed.

17 Therefore the Lord swill have no joy in their young men,

Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows;

For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer,

And every mouth speaks 5folly.

tFor all this His anger is not turned away,

But His hand is stretched out still.

18 For wickedness uburns as the fire;

It shall devour the briers and thorns,

And kindle in the thickets of the forest;

They shall mount up like rising smoke.

19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts

vThe land is burned up,

And the people shall be as fuel for the fire;

wNo man shall spare his brother.

20 And he shall 6snatch on the right hand

And be hungry;

He shall devour on the left hand

xAnd not be satisfied;

yEvery man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.

21 Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh;

Together they shall be zagainst Judah.

aFor all this His anger is not turned away,

But His hand is stretched out still.