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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-21 is numbered 9:1-20.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The people walking in darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="content">have seen a great light;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="content">on those living in the land of deep darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="content">a light has dawned.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You have enlarged the nation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">and increased their joy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">they rejoice before you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">as people rejoice at the harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">as warriors rejoice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">when dividing the plunder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For as in the day of Midian&#8217;s defeat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">you have shattered</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">the yoke that burdens them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">the bar across their shoulders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">the rod of their oppressor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Every warrior&#8217;s boot used in battle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="content">and every garment rolled in blood</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="content">will be destined for burning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="content">will be fuel for the fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For to us a child is born,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">to us a son is given,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">and the government will be on his shoulders.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">And he will be called</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Of the greatness of his government and peace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">there will be no end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">He will reign on David&#8217;s throne</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">and over his kingdom,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">establishing and upholding it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">with justice and righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">from that time on and forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">The zeal of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">will accomplish this.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Anger Against Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Lord has sent a message against Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.9.8"><span class="content">it will fall on Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All the people will know it&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.9.9"><span class="content">Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.9.9"><span class="content">who say with pride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.9.9"><span class="content">and arrogance of heart,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;The bricks have fallen down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.9.10"><span class="content">but we will rebuild with dressed stone;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.9.10"><span class="content">the fig trees have been felled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.9.10"><span class="content">but we will replace them with cedars.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has strengthened Rezin&#8217;s foes against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.9.11"><span class="content">and has spurred their enemies on.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.9.12"><span class="content">have devoured Israel with open mouth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.9.12"><span class="content">Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.9.12"><span class="content">his hand is still upraised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But the people have not returned to him who struck them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.9.13"><span class="content">nor have they sought the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will cut off from Israel both head and tail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.9.14"><span class="content">both palm branch and reed in a single day;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">the elders and dignitaries are the head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.9.15"><span class="content">the prophets who teach lies are the tail.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Those who guide this people mislead them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.9.16"><span class="content">and those who are guided are led astray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="content">nor will he pity the fatherless and widows,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="content">for everyone is ungodly and wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="content">every mouth speaks folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="content">Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="content">his hand is still upraised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Surely wickedness burns like a fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.9.18"><span class="content">it consumes briers and thorns,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.9.18"><span class="content">it sets the forest thickets ablaze,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.9.18"><span class="content">so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.9.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">By the wrath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.9.19"><span class="content">the land will be scorched</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.9.19"><span class="content">and the people will be fuel for the fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.9.19"><span class="content">they will not spare one another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">On the right they will devour,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.9.20"><span class="content">but still be hungry;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.9.20"><span class="content">on the left they will eat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.9.20"><span class="content">but not be satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.9.20"><span class="content">Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">arm</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.9.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.9.21"><span class="content">together they will turn against Judah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.9.21"><span class="content">Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.9.21"><span class="content">his hand is still upraised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div>
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