Isaiah
Isaiah 9 ©
1 The joy of the church in the birth and kingdom of Christ. 8 God's judgments upon Israel for their pride, 13 impenitency, 18 and wickedness.
NEVERTHELESS the adimness shall not be such as was in her b*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 1of the nations.
Thou hast dmultiplied the nation, and 2not eincreased the joy: they joy before thee faccording to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
For junto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and kthe government lshall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, mCounsellor, nThe mighty God, oThe everlasting Father, pThe Prince of Peace.
qOf 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 rwith judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. sThe zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
iTherefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an jhypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh 11folly. kFor all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
¶For wickedness lburneth 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.