King James VersionIsaiah9

Isaiah

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 8 The Lord sent a word into Ja­cob, and it hath light­ed upon Is­rael. 9 And all the peo­ple shall know, even Ephraim and the in­hab­i­tant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stout­ness of heart, 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. 11 There­fore the LORD shall set up the ad­ver­saries of Rezin against him, and join his en­e­mies to­geth­er; 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. 13 For the peo­ple tur­neth not unto him that smiteth them, nei­ther do they seek the LORD of hosts. 14 There­fore the LORD will cut off from Is­rael head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. 15 The an­cient and hon­ourable, he is the head; and the prophet that tea­cheth lies, he is the tail. 16 For the lead­ers of this peo­ple cause them to err; and they that are led of them are de­stroyed. 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. 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. 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. 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: 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.