Isaiah 9:2-7

New American Standard Bible

²^[a]^(A)The people who walk in darkness
Will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land,
The light will shine on them.
³^(B)You will multiply the nation,
You ^(C)will ^[b]increase ^[c]their joy;
They will rejoice in Your presence
As with the joy ^[d]of harvest,
As people ^(D)rejoice when they divide the spoils.
⁴For ^(E)You will break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders,
The rod of their ^(F)oppressor, as ^[e]at the battle of ^(G)Midian.
⁵For every boot of the marching warrior in the roar of battle,
And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
⁶For a ^(H)Child will be born to us, a ^(I)Son will be given to us;
And the ^(J)government will ^[f]rest ^(K)on His shoulders;
And His name will be called ^(L)Wonderful Counselor, ^(M)Mighty God,
Eternal ^(N)Father, Prince of ^(O)Peace.
⁷There will be ^(P)no end to the increase of His government or of peace
On the ^(Q)throne of David and over ^[g]his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with ^(R)justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
^(S)The zeal of the Lord of armies will accomplish this.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb
Isaiah 9:3 Another reading is not increase
Isaiah 9:3 Lit the
Isaiah 9:3 Lit in
Isaiah 9:4 Lit in the day of Midian
Isaiah 9:6 Lit be
Isaiah 9:7 I.e., David’s

Isaiah 9:2-7

Amplified Bible

²
The people who walk in [spiritual] darkness
^[a]Will see a great Light;
Those who live in the dark land,
The Light will shine on them.^(A)
³
You [O God] will increase the nation,
You will multiply their joy;
They will rejoice before You
Like the joy and jubilation of the harvest,
As men rejoice when they divide the spoil [of victory].
⁴
For You will break the yoke of Israel’s burden and the staff (goad) on their shoulders,
The rod of their oppressor, as at the ^[b]battle of Midian.^(B)
⁵
For every boot of the marching warrior in the battle tumult,
And [every soldier’s] garment rolled in blood, will be used for burning, fuel for the fire.
⁶
For to us a Child shall be born, to us a Son shall be given;
And the government shall be upon His shoulder,
And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.^(C)
⁷
There shall be no end to the increase of His government and of peace,
[He shall rule] on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From that time forward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.^(D)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 9:2 Or have seen, Hebrew perfect tense. The perfect tense is used frequently in this passage and should probably be interpreted as the prophetic future, that is, the use of the perfect (past) tense to describe a future event as a certainty.
Isaiah 9:4 A reference to Gideon’s great victory over the Midianites (Judg 7:22-25).

Isaiah 9:2-7

King James Version

²The 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.

³Thou 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.

⁴For 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.

⁵For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

⁶For 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.

⁷Of 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.

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