Isaiah 9

The Darkness Turns to Light

1 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—
2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.
3 You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.
4 For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.
5 Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire.
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.

The LORD’s Anger Against Israel

8 The Lord has sent a message against Jacob; it will fall on Israel.
9 All the people will know it— Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria— who say with pride and arrogance of heart,
10 “The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
11 But the LORD has strengthened Rezin’s foes against them and has spurred their enemies on.
12 Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
13 But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD Almighty.
14 So the LORD will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day;
15 the elders and dignitaries are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail.
16 Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray.
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men, nor will he pity the fatherless and widows, for everyone is ungodly and wicked, every mouth speaks folly. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns, it sets the forest thickets ablaze, so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath of the LORD Almighty the land will be scorched and the people will be fuel for the fire; they will not spare one another.
20 On the right they will devour, but still be hungry; on the left they will eat, but not be satisfied. Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[a] :
21 Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh; together they will turn against Judah. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.

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Cross References 74

  • 1. S Job 15:24
  • 2. S 2 Kings 15:29
  • 3. S Psalms 82:5; S Psalms 107:10,14; S Isaiah 8:20
  • 4. S Psalms 36:9; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 60:19; Malachi 4:2; Ephesians 5:8
  • 5. S Luke 1:79
  • 6. Isaiah 58:8; Matthew 4:15-16*
  • 7. S Job 12:23
  • 8. S Psalms 4:7; S Isaiah 25:9
  • 9. S Exodus 15:9; S Joshua 22:8; S Psalms 119:162
  • 10. S Judges 7:25
  • 11. S Job 34:24; Isaiah 37:36-38
  • 12. Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 58:6,9; Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 30:8; Ezekiel 30:18; Nahum 1:13; Matthew 11:30
  • 13. S Psalms 81:6; S Isaiah 10:27
  • 14. Isaiah 14:4; Isaiah 16:4; Isaiah 29:5,20; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 51:13; Isaiah 54:14; Isaiah 60:18
  • 15. S Isaiah 2:4
  • 16. S Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 53:2; Luke 2:11
  • 17. John 3:16
  • 18. S Matthew 28:18
  • 19. Isaiah 22:22
  • 20. S Job 15:8; Isaiah 28:29
  • 21. S Deuteronomy 7:21; Psalms 24:8; Isaiah 10:21; Isaiah 11:2; Isaiah 42:13
  • 22. S Psalms 90:2
  • 23. S Exodus 4:22; Isaiah 64:8; John 14:9-10
  • 24. Isaiah 26:3,12; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 66:12; Jeremiah 33:6; Micah 5:5; S Luke 2:14
  • 25. S Isaiah 2:4
  • 26. S Psalms 85:8; Psalms 119:165; Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 26:3,12; Isaiah 32:17; Isaiah 48:18
  • 27. Daniel 2:44; Daniel 4:3; S Luke 1:33; John 12:34
  • 28. Isaiah 1:26; Isaiah 32:1; Isaiah 60:17; 1 Corinthians 15:25
  • 29. Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 16:5; Isaiah 32:1,16; Isaiah 33:5; Isaiah 42:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:14
  • 30. S Psalms 72:2
  • 31. S 2 Samuel 7:13
  • 32. 2 Kings 19:31; Isaiah 26:11; Isaiah 37:32; Isaiah 42:13; Isaiah 59:17; Isaiah 63:15
  • 33. S Deuteronomy 32:2
  • 34. S Isaiah 7:2
  • 35. S Isaiah 7:9
  • 36. Isaiah 46:12; Isaiah 48:4; Ezekiel 2:4; Zechariah 7:11
  • 37. S Genesis 11:3
  • 38. Amos 7:14; Luke 19:4
  • 39. 1 Kings 7:2-3
  • 40. S Isaiah 7:8
  • 41. 2 Kings 16:6
  • 42. S 2 Chronicles 28:18
  • 43. S Psalms 79:7
  • 44. S Job 40:11
  • 45. S Isaiah 5:25
  • 46. S 2 Chronicles 28:22; Amos 4:9; Zephaniah 3:7; Haggai 2:17
  • 47. Jeremiah 5:3; Ezekiel 7:9
  • 48. Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 17:7; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 55:6; Jeremiah 50:4; Daniel 9:13; Hosea 3:5; Hosea 7:7,10; Amos 4:6,10; Zephaniah 1:6
  • 49. ver 14-15; Isaiah 19:15
  • 50. Revelation 18:8
  • 51. Isaiah 3:2-3
  • 52. S Isaiah 5:13
  • 53. Isaiah 28:7; Ezekiel 13:2
  • 54. S Job 13:4; S Isaiah 3:8; Isaiah 44:20; Ezekiel 13:22; Matthew 24:24
  • 55. Matthew 15:14; Matthew 23:16,24
  • 56. S Isaiah 3:12
  • 57. Jeremiah 9:21; Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 18:21; Jeremiah 48:15; Jeremiah 49:26; Amos 4:10; Amos 8:13
  • 58. S Job 5:4; Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 13:14
  • 59. Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 32:6; Micah 7:2
  • 60. S Isaiah 1:4
  • 61. S Isaiah 3:8; Matthew 12:34; Romans 3:13-14
  • 62. S Isaiah 5:25
  • 63. S Deuteronomy 29:23; S Isaiah 1:31; Malachi 4:1
  • 64. S Isaiah 5:6
  • 65. S Psalms 83:14
  • 66. S Job 40:11; Isaiah 13:9,13
  • 67. Jeremiah 17:27
  • 68. S Psalms 97:3; S Isaiah 1:31
  • 69. S Isaiah 3:5; Micah 7:2,6
  • 70. S Leviticus 26:26; S Job 18:12
  • 71. Isaiah 49:26; Zechariah 11:9
  • 72. S Judges 7:22; S Judges 12:4
  • 73. S 2 Chronicles 28:6
  • 74. S Isaiah 5:25

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Isaiah 9 Commentaries

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