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1But there will be no gloom for those who were in distress.[#Isaiah 9:1–21 in the English Bible is 8:23–9:20 in the Hebrew Bible; #Literally “Indeed there is no gloom for the one to whom there was anxiety for her”]
In former times he treated the land of Zebulun and Naphtali with contempt, but in the future he will honor the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;
3You have made the nation numerous;
They rejoice in your presence as with joy at the harvest,
4For you have shattered the yoke of its burden
5For every boot that marches and shakes the earth[#Literally “marching with shaking,” which might mean “marching is with shaking”]
will be for burning—fire fuel.
6For a child has been born for us;
And the dominion will be on his shoulder,
7His dominion will grow continually,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
with justice and righteousness
The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this.
8The Lord has sent out a word against Jacob,
9And all of the people knew it,
in pride and arrogance of heart, saying,
10“The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stone.
11So Yahweh strengthened the adversaries of Rezin against him,[#Or “his adversaries” if a copyist added “of Rezin” in error]
12Aram from the east
and they devoured Israel with the whole mouth.
He has not turned away his anger in all of this,
13And the people did not turn to the one who struck it,[#That is, the people]
14So Yahweh cut off head and tail from Israel,
15Elders and the respectable are the head,[#Hebrew “Elder”; #Literally “one lifted up of face”]
16And the leaders of this people were misleading them,
17Therefore the Lord did not rejoice over its young men,
for everyone was godless and an evildoer,
In all of this his anger did not turn away,
18For wickedness burned like fire;
And it kindled the thickets of the forest,
19The land was burned through the wrath of Yahweh of hosts,
People had no compassion toward each other.
20They devoured on the right but still were hungry
Each one devoured the flesh of his arm,
In all of this his anger has not turned away,