Isaiah (KJV) 9
9 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.
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