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Isaiah 9

1Neverthelessthedarknessבַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822shallnotbeaswhenthedistresswasinthe[landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776],atthetimeheatfirst lightly,andafterwards heavily, visitedthelandאַ֤רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776ofZebulunandthelandוְאַ֣רְצָהve.'Ar.tzahH776ofNaphtali, —thewayofthesea,beyondtheJordan, Galileeofthenations:

2thepeoplethatwalkedindarknesshaveseenagreatH1431light;theythatdweltinthelandoftheshadowofdeath, uponthemlight hath shone.

3Thou hast multipliedthenation, hast increaseditsjoy:theyjoybeforethee liketothejoyinharvest;as[men] rejoicewhentheydividethespoil.

4Forthou hast brokentheyokeofhisburdenandthestaffofhisshoulder,therodofhisoppressor,asinthedayofMidian.

5Forevery bootofhimthatisshodforthetumult,andthegarment rolledinblood,shallbeH1961forburning, fuelforfire.

6Foruntousachildisborn, untousasonisgiven;andthegovernmentshallbeuponhisshoulder;andhisnameiscalled Wonderful, Counsellor, MightyGod, FatherofEternity, PrinceofPeaceH7965.

7Oftheincreaseofhisgovernmentandofpeace thereshallbeno end,uponthethroneofDavidandoverhiskingdom,toestablishit,andtoupholditwithjudgmentandwithrighteousness,fromhenceforth evenforever.ThezealofJehovahofhostswillperformthis.

8TheLordsentaworduntoJacob,anditlightethuponIsrael.

9Andallthepeople shall know [it], EphraimandtheinhabitantofSamaria,thatsayinprideandstoutnessofheart,

10Thebricksarefallendown,butwewillbuildwithhewn stones;thesycamore treesarecutdown,butwewillreplacethemwithcedars.

11AndJehovahwillsetuptheadversariesofRezinagainsthim,andarmhisenemies,

12theSyriansontheeast,andthePhilistinesonthewest;andtheyshalldevourIsraelwithopen mouth.ForallthishisangerisnotturnedH7725awayH7725,andhishandisstretchedoutstill.

13Butthepeople turneth not untohimthatsmiteththem,andtheydo not seekJehovahofhosts.

14AndJehovahwillcutofffromIsraelheadH7218andtailH2180, palm-branchandrush,inoneday:

15theancientandhonourable,heisthehead;andtheprophetthatteachethlies,heisthetail.

16Fortheguidesofthispeoplemislead [them];andtheythatareguidedbythemareswallowedup.

17ThereforetheLordwillnotrejoiceintheiryoung men, neitherwillhehavemercyontheirfatherlessandontheirwidows;foreveryoneisahypocriteandanevildoer,andevery mouth speaketh folly.Forallthishisangerisnotturnedaway,andhishandisstretchedoutstill.

18Forwickedness burnethasafireH784:itdevoureth briarsandthorns,andkindlethinthethicketsoftheforest,andtheygorollinguplikeapillarofsmoke.

19ThroughthewrathofJehovahofhostsistheland burnedup,andthepeopleisasfuelforfire:amanH376sparethnothisbrother;

20andhesnatchethontherighthandיָד֥וֹya.DoH3027,andishungry,andeatethonthelefthandH3027;andtheyarenotsatisfied.Theyeateverymanthefleshofhisownarm:

21Manasseh, Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh; [and] they together are against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

Commentaries on Isaiah 9

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