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Isaiah 9

Birth and Reign of the Prince of Peace

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 1But there will be no more  agloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He  btreated the  cland of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the  2Gentiles.

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 1 aThe people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them.

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 aYou shall multiply the nation, You  bshall  1increase  2their gladness; They will be glad in Your presence As with the gladness  3of harvest, As  4 cmen rejoice when they divide the spoil.

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For  aYou shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their  boppressor, as  1at the battle of  cMidian.

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For every boot of the booted warrior in the battle tumult, And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.

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For a  achild will be born to us, a  bson will be given to us; And the  cgovernment will  1rest  don His shoulders; And His name will be called  eWonderful Counselor,  fMighty God, Eternal  gFather, Prince of  hPeace.

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There will be  ano end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the  bthrone of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with  cjustice and righteousness From then on and forevermore.  dThe zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.

God's Anger with Israel's Arrogance

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The Lord sends a  1message against Jacob, And it falls on Israel.

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And all the people know it, That is,  aEphraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, Asserting in pride and in  barrogance of heart:

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"The bricks have fallen down, But we will  arebuild with smooth stones; The sycamores have been cut down, But we will replace them with cedars."

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Therefore the LORD raises against them adversaries from  aRezin And spurs their enemies on,

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The Arameans on the east and the  aPhilistines on the west; And they  bdevour Israel with  1gaping jaws.  cIn spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out.

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Yet the people  ado not turn back to Him who struck them, Nor do they  bseek the LORD of hosts.

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So the LORD cuts off  ahead and tail from Israel, Both palm branch and bulrush  bin a single day.

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The head is  athe elder and honorable man, And the prophet who teaches  bfalsehood is the tail.

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 aFor those who guide this people are leading them astray; And those who are guided by them are  1brought to confusion.

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Therefore the Lord does  anot take pleasure in their young men,  bNor does He have pity on their  1orphans or their widows; For every one of them is  cgodless and an  devildoer, And every  emouth is speaking foolishness.  fIn spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out.

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 aFor wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes briars and thorns; It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame And they roll upward in a column of smoke.

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By the  afury of the LORD of hosts the  bland is burned up, And the  cpeople are like fuel for the fire; No  dman spares his brother.

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 1They slice off what is on the right hand but still are  ahungry, And  2they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied; Each of them eats the  bflesh of his own arm.

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Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,  aAnd together they are against Judah.  bIn spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out.



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