1 The people who walk in darkness have seen a great light. A light has dawned on those who live in the land of the shadow of death.
2 You have enlarged the nation; you have increased their joy. They rejoice before you, as people rejoice at harvest time as they rejoice in dividing the spoil.
3 For the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressors, you have broken it as on the day of Midian.
4 Every warrior's boot that tramped in war, every cloak rolled in blood, will be thrown out for burning, will serve as fuel for the fire.
5 For a child is born to us, a son is given us; the royal ornament is laid upon his shoulder, and his name is proclaimed: "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."
6 To the increase of his powerful rule in peace, there will be no end. Vast will be his dominion, he will reign on David's throne and over all his kingdom, to establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness from this time onward and forever. The zealous love of Yahweh Sabaoth will do this.
7 The Lord has sent a word against Jacob: the sentence fell upon Israel.
8 The people of Samaria and Ephraim saw it, but they said in pride and arrogance of heart:
9 "The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with hewn stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but in their place we will plant cedars."
10 Therefore Yahweh raises foes against them and stirs up their adversaries:
11 from the east, Arameans, from the west, Philistines - with open mouth they devour Israel. Yet for all this his anger does not subside, his hand is poised to strike.
12 For the people have not come back to him who has smitten them; they have not sought Yahweh Sabaoth.
13 Therefore Yahweh has cut off from Israel both head and tail, palm branch and reed in a single day.
14 The elders and prominent men are the head, the tail is the prophet of lies.
15 The guides of these people mislead them, the leaders have lost their way.
16 The Lord, therefore, does not spare their young men nor have compassion on their orphans and widows. For everyone has become evil and ungodly; every mouth speaks folly. Yet for all this his anger does not subside, his hand is poised to strike.
17 Their wickedness has become like a fire which consumes both thorn and brier; it rages, sets thickets ablaze, and all of them vanish like smoke.
18 By the wrath of Yahweh Sabaoth the land is set aflame, and the people are burned like fuel for fire because no one spares his brother.
19 Snatching left and right, they still go hungry and they remain unfilled: each one devours his neighbor's flesh.
20 Manasseh devours Ephraim, Ephraim devours Manasseh; and against Judah together they march. Yet for all this his anger does not subside, his hand is poised to strike.
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Isaiah 9 is a chapter that brings a message of hope, promising the coming of a great leader who will bring the light to a people who are in darkness. This leader is described as a child who will be given to us, whose government will bring peace, justice and security. To find verses related to the topics addressed in Isaiah 9, we can seek passages that talk about hope at the coming of a Savior, the light he will bring, and the peace that his government will bring.
Isaiah 42:1: "Here is my servant, whom I support my chosen, whom I have pleasure. I put in him my spirit, and he will bring justice to the nations." This verse talks about the servant chosen by God who will bring justice to the nations, similar to the description of the promised leader in Isaiah 9.
Luke 1:79: "To illuminate those who are sitting in darkness and the shadow of death in order to direct our feet on the path of peace." This verse talks about John the Baptist, who prepared the way for the coming of the Messiah, which is the light to those who are in darkness, as described in Isaiah 9.
John 14:27: "I leave their peace; my peace give them. I do not give it as the world gives it. It is not disturbed to your heart, nor be afraid." This verse talks about the peace that Jesus leaves to his disciples and how this peace is different from the peace that the world can offer, similar to the peace that the leader promised in Isaiah 9 will bring.
Acts 26:18: "that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me." This verse talks about the inheritance that is given to all those who receive the forgiveness of their sins by faith in Jesus, similar to the promise of a government of peace and justice that is described in Isaiah 9.
Revelation 21:23: "The city does not need sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God illuminates it, and the lamb is its lamp." This verse talks about the light that illuminates the New Jerusalem, the city of God, similar to the description of the light that the promised leader in Isaiah 9 will bring.
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