For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.

Lord, You will establish peace for us, For You have also done all our works in us.

Or let him take hold of My strength, That he may make peace with Me; And he shall make peace with Me.”

The Peace of God’s Reign

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.

My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,

Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside, The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make peace with me by a present and come out to me; and every one of you eat from his own vine and every one from his own fig tree, and every one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;

But they held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”

Indeed it was for my own peace That I had great bitterness; But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good!” For he said, “At least there will be peace and truth in my days.”

Promise of the Lord’s Help

“I have held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant and gasp at once.

I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.’

Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”

How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

A Perpetual Covenant of Peace

“Sing, O barren, You who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, You who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.

For the mountains shall depart And the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,” Says the Lord, who has mercy on you.

All your children shall be taught by the Lord, And great shall be the peace of your children.

“For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

He shall enter into peace; They shall rest in their beds, Each one walking in his uprightness.

“And of whom have you been afraid, or feared, That you have lied And not remembered Me, Nor taken it to your heart? Is it not because I have held My peace from of old That you do not fear Me?