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Isaiah

Isaiah 9 📜 📕 ↷

Unto Us a Child Is Born

1 AT the first time was the land of Zabulon alleviated, and the land of Nephthali: and at the last was aggravated the way of the sea beyond Jordan of Galilee of the Gentiles.📜💬📚

2 The people that walked in darkness, hath seen great light: to them that dwelt in the country of the shadow of death, light is risen.📜💬📚

3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, & not magnified the joy. They shall rejoice before thee, as they that rejoice in harvest, as conquerors rejoice after a prey is taken, when they divide the spoils.📜💬📚

4 For the yoke of their burden, and the rod of their shoulder, and the sceptre of their exactor thou hast overcome, as in the day of Madian.📜💬📚

5 Because all violent taking of prey with tumult, and garment mingled with blood, shall be to be burnt, and food for the fire.📜💬📚

6 For A LITTLE CHILD IS BORN TO US, and a son is given to us, and his principality is made upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Marvelous, Counseller, God, Strong, Father of the world to come, the Prince of peace:📜💬📚

7 His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom: that he may confirm it, and strengthen it in judgement and justice, from this time & for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.📜💬📚

Judgment against Israel's Pride

8 Our Lord hath sent a word into Jacob, and it is fallen in Israel.📜💬📚

9 And all the people of Ephraim shall know, & the inhabitants of Samaria, saying in pride & greatness of heart:📜💬📚

10 Bricks are fallen, but we will build with square stones: they have cut down sycamores, but we will change them into cedars.📜💬📚

11 And our Lord shall lift up the enemies of Rasin over him, and shall turn his enemies into tumult.📜💬📚

12 Syria from the East, and the Philisthims from the West: and they shall devour Israel with full mouth. In all these things his fury is not turned away, but his hand is yet stretched forth.📜💬📚

Judgment against Israel's Hypocrisy

13 And the people is not returned to him, who hath strucken them, and have not sought after the Lord of hosts.📜💬📚

14 And our Lord shall destroy from Israel the head & the tail, the perverter and refrainer in one day.📜💬📚

15 The aged and honourable, he is the head, & the prophet that teacheth a lie, he is the tail.📜💬📚

16 And they that call this people blessed, seducing them: and that are called blessed, shall be thrown headlong.📜💬📚

17 For this cause our Lord shall not rejoice upon their young men: and on their pupils and widows he shall not have mercy: because every one is an hypocrite & wicked, and every mouth hath spoken folly. In all these things his fury is not turned away, but his hand is yet stretched forth.📜💬📚

Judgment against Israel's Unrepentance

18 For impiety is kindled as a fire, it shall devour brier & thorn: & it shall be kindled in the thicket of the forest, and it shall be wrapped up together in the pride of smoke.📜💬📚

19 In the wrath of the Lord of hosts the earth is troubled, and the people shall be food for the fire: man shall not spare his brother.📜💬📚

20 And he shall decline to the right hand, and shall be hungry: and shall eat on the left hand, and shall not be filled: every one shall eat the flesh of his arm: Manasses Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasses, they together against Juda.📜💬📚