Isaiah 9  Legacy Standard Bible

^2 [c](D)The people who walk in darkness
Will see a great light;
Those who live in the land of the shadow of death,
The light will shine on them.
^3 (E)You shall multiply the nation,
You ^(F)shall ^[d]make great ^[e]their gladness;
They will be glad in Your presence
As with the gladness ^[f]of harvest,
As ^[g](G)men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
⁴ For ^(H)You shall shatter the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders,
The rod of their ^(I)taskmaster, as ^[h]at the battle of ^(J)Midian.
⁵ For every boot of the booted warrior in the rumbling of battle,
And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
⁶ For a ^(K)child will be born to us, a ^(L)son will be given to us;
And the ^(M)government will ^[i]rest ^(N)on His shoulders;
And His name will be called ^(O)Wonderful Counselor, ^(P)Mighty God,
Eternal ^(Q)Father, Prince of ^(R)Peace.
⁷ There will be ^(S)no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the ^(T)throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with ^(U)justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
^(V)The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will accomplish this.

⁸ The Lord sends a ^[j]message against Jacob,
And it falls on Israel.
⁹ And all the people know it,
That is, ^(W)Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
Saying in lofty pride and in ^(X)arrogance of heart:
¹⁰ “The bricks have fallen down,
But we will ^(Y)rebuild with cut stones;
The sycamores have been cut in pieces,
But we will replace them with cedars.”
¹¹ Therefore Yahweh exalts against them adversaries from ^(Z)Rezin
And incites their enemies,
¹² The Arameans on the east and the ^(AA)Philistines on the west;
And they ^(AB)devour Israel with ^[k]gaping jaws.
^(AC)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn back,
And His hand is still stretched out.