Isaiah 9:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁷ His authority shall grow continually,
    and there shall be endless peace
for the throne of David and his kingdom.
    He will establish and uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
    from this time onwards and for evermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

⁸ The Lord sent a word against Jacob,
    and it fell on Israel;
⁹ and all the people knew it—
    Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria—
    but in pride and arrogance of heart they said: