F.
The unveiling of Christ as the great light and the wonderful One issuing from Jehovah's chastisement on the kingdom of Israel and His judgment on Assyria
9:1—10:34
1.
The unveiling of Christ as the great light
9:1-5
Isa. 9
:1
9:1
But gloom
does not
remain in the place where there was anguish: formerly He treated the
aland of Zebulun and the land of
bNaphtali contemptibly, but afterward He treats the way of the
1sea, across the Jordan, with glory,
2Galilee of the nations.
Isa. 9
:2
9:2
The people who walked in the
adarkness Have seen a great
1blight;
Upon those who dwell in the land of the
cshadow of death
Light has shined.
Isa. 9
:3
9:3
You have
1amultiplied the nation;
You have increased their gladness;
They are glad before You as with the gladness of harvest,
As
men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
Isa. 9
:4
9:4
For You break the yoke of their burden
And the staff on their shoulder,
The rod of their oppressor,
As in the day of
1aMidian.
Isa. 9
:5
9:5
For all the boots
Of those who in boots trample in the battle-quake
And the garments
Rolled in
ablood Are for burning;
They are fuel for
bfire.
2.
The unveiling of Christ as the wonderful One
9:6-7
Isa. 9
:6
9:6
For a
1child is
aborn 2to us,
A
1Son is
bgiven 2to us;
And the
3government Is upon His shoulder;
And His name will be called
4cWonderful Counselor,
5Mighty dGod,
5Eternal eFather,
6Prince of
fPeace.
Isa. 9
:7
9:7
To the increase of
His 1government And to
His 1peace there is
ano end,
Upon the
2bthrone of David
And over His kingdom,
To establish it
And to uphold it
In justice and righteousness
From now to eternity.
The
czeal of Jehovah of hosts
Will accomplish this.
3.
Jehovah's chastisement on the kingdom of Israel
9:8—10:4
Isa. 9
:8
9:8
The Lord sends out a word against
1Jacob,
And it descends upon
1Israel.
Isa. 9
:9
9:9
And all the people know
it,
Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
Saying in pride and haughtiness of heart,
Isa. 9
:10
9:10
The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone;
The sycamores have been felled, but we will put cedars in their place.
Isa. 9
:11
9:11
Then Jehovah exalts the adversaries of Rezin against them
And goads their enemies on.
Isa. 9
:12
9:12
Aram from the east and the Philistines from the west:
They devour Israel with an open mouth.
By all this His anger is not turned;
His hand is still outstretched.
Isa. 9
:13
9:13
Yet the people do
anot turn to Him who strikes them,
Nor do they seek Jehovah of hosts.
Isa. 9
:14
9:14
Then Jehovah cuts off from Israel head and tail,
Palm branch and marsh reed
ain one day.
Isa. 9
:15
9:15
The elder and the highly regarded — he is the head;
The prophet
and the teacher of falsehood — he is the tail.
Isa. 9
:16
9:16
And those who lead this people are those who
amislead them;
And those who are led are those who are confused.
Isa. 9
:17
9:17
Because of this the Lord will not rejoice in their young men,
And He will not have compassion on their orphans and widows;
For all of them are profane and evildoers,
And every mouth speaks foolishness.
By all this His anger is not turned;
His hand is still outstretched.
Isa. 9
:18
9:18
For wickedness burns like a fire;
It devours thorn and thistle,
And burns in the forest thickets;
And it rolls up
into a column of smoke.
Isa. 9
:19
9:19
At the overflowing wrath of Jehovah of hosts a land is burned up,
And the people are like fuel for fire;
No one spares
even his brother.
Isa. 9
:20
9:20
One carves on the right side, but is hungry;
And
another eats on the left side, but is not satisfied.
Each eats the flesh of his own arm:
Isa. 9
:21
9:21
Manasseh, Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh;
These together against Judah.
By all this His anger is not turned;
His hand is still outstretched.
