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Birth and Reign of the Prince of Peace
1 1Ch 8:23 in HebBut there will be no more AIs 8:22gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He B2 Kin 15:29; 2 Chr 16:4treated the CMatt 4:15, 16land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the 2Or nationsGentiles.
Will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land,
The light will shine on them.
3 AIs 26:15You shall multiply the nation,
You BIs 35:10; 65:14, 18, 19; 66:10shall 1Another reading is not increaseincrease 2Lit thetheir gladness;
They will be glad in Your presence
As with the gladness 3Lit inof harvest,
As 4Lit theyC1 Sam 30:16men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
4 For AIs 10:27; 14:25You shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders,
The rod of their BIs 14:4; 49:26; 51:13; 54:14oppressor, as 1Lit in the day of Midianat the battle of CJudg 7:25; Is 10:26Midian.
5 For every boot of the booted warrior in the battle tumult,
And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
6 For a AIs 7:14; 11:1, 2; 53:2; Luke 2:11child will be born to us, a BJohn 3:16son will be given to us;
And His name will be called EIs 28:29Wonderful Counselor, FDeut 10:17; Neh 9:32; Is 10:21Mighty God,
Eternal GIs 63:16; 64:8Father, Prince of HIs 26:3, 12; 54:10; 66:12Peace.
On the BIs 16:5throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with CIs 11:4, 5; 32:1; 42:3, 4; 63:1justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
DIs 37:32; 59:17The zeal of the Loʀᴅ of hosts will accomplish this.
God’s Anger with Israel’s Arrogance
8 The Lord sends a 1Lit wordmessage against Jacob,
And it falls on Israel.
9 And all the people know it,
That is, AIs 7:8, 9; 28:1, 3Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
Asserting in pride and in BIs 46:12arrogance of heart:
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
But we will AMal 1:4rebuild with smooth stones;
The sycamores have been cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”
11 Therefore the Loʀᴅ raises against them adversaries from AIs 7:1, 8Rezin
And spurs their enemies on,
12 The Arameans on the east and the A2 Chr 28:18Philistines on the west;
And they BPs 79:7; Jer 10:25devour Israel with 1Lit the whole mouthgaping jaws.
CIs 5:25In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
13 Yet the people AJer 5:3; Hos 7:10do not turn back to Him who struck them,
Nor do they BIs 31:1; Hos 3:5seek the Loʀᴅ of hosts.
14 So the Loʀᴅ cuts off AIs 19:15head and tail from Israel,
Both palm branch and bulrush BRev 18:8in a single day.
15 The head is AIs 3:2, 3the elder and honorable man,
And the prophet who teaches BIs 28:15; 59:3, 4; Jer 23:14, 32; Matt 24:24falsehood is the tail.
And those who are guided by them are 1Or swallowed upbrought to confusion.
17 Therefore the Lord does AJer 18:21; Amos 4:10; 8:13not take pleasure in their young men,
BIs 27:11Nor does He have pity on their 1Or fatherlessorphans or their widows;
For every one of them is CIs 10:6; 32:6godless and an DIs 1:4; 14:20; 31:2evildoer,
And every EMatt 12:34mouth is speaking foolishness.
FIs 5:25In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
18 APs 83:14; Is 1:7; Nah 1:10; Mal 4:1For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.
And the CIs 1:31; 24:6people are like fuel for the fire;
No DMic 7:2, 6man spares his brother.
And 2Lit he eatsthey eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied;
Each of them eats the BIs 49:26flesh of his own arm.
21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,
A2 Chr 28:6, 8; Is 11:13And together they are against Judah.
BIs 5:25In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
19:1 Ch 8:23 in Heb
C9:1 Matt 4:15, 16
29:1 Or nations
19:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb
A9:2 Matt 4:16; Luke 1:79; Eph 5:8
B9:3 Is 35:10; 65:14, 18, 19; 66:10
19:3 Another reading is not increase
29:3 Lit the
39:3 Lit in
49:3 Lit they
B9:4 Is 14:4; 49:26; 51:13; 54:14
19:4 Lit in the day of Midian
A9:6 Is 7:14; 11:1, 2; 53:2; Luke 2:11
19:6 Lit be
F9:6 Deut 10:17; Neh 9:32; Is 10:21
H9:6 Is 26:3, 12; 54:10; 66:12
A9:7 Dan 2:44; Luke 1:32, 33
C9:7 Is 11:4, 5; 32:1; 42:3, 4; 63:1
19:8 Lit word
19:12 Lit the whole mouth
B9:15 Is 28:15; 59:3, 4; Jer 23:14, 32; Matt 24:24
A9:16 Is 3:12; Matt 15:14; 23:16, 24
19:16 Or swallowed up
A9:17 Jer 18:21; Amos 4:10; 8:13
19:17 Or fatherless
A9:18 Ps 83:14; Is 1:7; Nah 1:10; Mal 4:1
A9:19 Is 10:6; 13:9, 13; 42:25
19:20 Lit he slices
29:20 Lit he eats
A9:21 2 Chr 28:6, 8; Is 11:13