Isaiah, 9
1. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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 every battle of the warrior [is] with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but [this] shall be with burning [and] fuel of 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. 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.
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. 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.
7. The Lord has sent a word against Jacob: the sentence fell upon Israel.
8. The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
8. The people of Samaria and Ephraim saw it, but they said in pride and arrogance of heart:
9. And all the people shall know, [even] Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness 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. The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change [them into] cedars.
10. Therefore Yahweh raises foes against them and stirs up their adversaries:
11. Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
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. 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.
12. For the people have not come back to him who has smitten them; they have not sought Yahweh Sabaoth.
13. For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
13. Therefore Yahweh has cut off from Israel both head and tail, palm branch and reed in a single day.
14. Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
14. The elders and prominent men are the head, the tail is the prophet of lies.
15. The ancient and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.
15. The guides of these people mislead them, the leaders have lost their way.
16. For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err; and [they that are] led of them [are] destroyed.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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.
19. Snatching left and right, they still go hungry and they remain unfilled: each one devours his neighbor's flesh.
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:
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.
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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