Isaiah 第9章
For to Us a Child Is Born
19:1 Ch 8:23 in Hebrew But there will be no 9:1 [ch. 8:22] gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he 9:1 [2 Kgs. 15:29; 2 Chr. 16:4] brought into contempt the land of 9:1 Cited Matt. 4:15, 16Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he 9:1 ch. 26:15has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.9:1 Or of the Gentiles
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of 9:2 See Job 3:5deep darkness,
on them has light shone.
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as they 9:3 Ps. 119:162; [1 Sam. 30:16] are glad 9:3 [Judg. 5:30]when they divide the spoil.
49:4 ch. 10:27; 14:25; Nah. 1:13; [Matt. 11:29] For the yoke of his burden,
the rod of his oppressor,
you have broken as 9:4 ch. 10:26; Ps. 83:9; See Judg. 7:19-25; 8:10-21on the day of Midian.
59:5 Ezek. 39:9For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult
and every garment rolled in blood
will be burned as fuel for the fire.
to us 9:6 ch. 7:14a son is given;
9:6 [Matt. 28:18; 1 Cor. 15:25] and the government shall be 9:6 ch. 22:22upon9:6 Or is upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called9:6 Or is called
Wonderful 9:6 [ch. 28:29] Counselor, 9:6 ch. 10:21; Deut. 10:17; Neh. 9:32; Jer. 32:18; [Ps. 45:3] Mighty God,
9:6 Ps. 72:17Everlasting 9:6 ch. 63:16; [John 14:18] Father, Prince of 9:6 Ps. 72:7; [Eph. 2:14]; See ch. 11:6-9Peace.
7Of the increase of his government and of peace
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
9:7 Jer. 23:5with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
9:7 ch. 37:32; 2 Kgs. 19:31; [Zech. 1:14]The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
Judgment on Arrogance and Oppression
8The Lord has sent a word against Jacob,
and it will fall on Israel;
9and all the people will know,
who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
10“The bricks have fallen,
but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
but we will put cedars in their place.”
11But the Lord raises the adversaries of Rezin against him,
and stirs up his enemies.
devour Israel with open mouth.
and his hand is stretched out still.
nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
palm branch and reed in one day—
16for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,
and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
17Therefore the Lord does not 9:17 Ps. 147:10, 11rejoice over their young men,
and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is 9:17 ch. 10:6godless and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks 9:17 Gen. 34:7folly.9:17 Or speaks disgraceful things
9:17 [See ver. 12above]For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
it consumes briers and thorns;
it kindles the thickets of the forest,
and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
19Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
the land is scorched,
and 9:19 ch. 24:6the people are like fuel for the fire;
9:19 [Mic. 7:2]no one spares another.
and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;
9:20 ch. 49:26; See Deut. 28:53-57each devours the flesh of his own arm,
21Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh;
together they are 9:21 [ch. 11:13]; See 2 Chr. 28:6-9against Judah.
9:21 See ver. 12For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
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