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    Isaiah 9

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    The wreckage is met not with mourning but with a renovation scheme: fallen bricks are to become finished stone, and the defeated sycamores are to make way for cedars. It is an impressively confident plan for a people whose enemies are already eating their way through the country.

    Light over the northern landsvv. 1–7

    The opening movement turns from distress to honour. The lands once humbled—Zebulun and Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, the country beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations—are placed beneath a great light. Joy arrives with the noise of harvest and the dividing of plunder, while the yoke, bar, and oppressor's rod are shattered as in the day of Midian. Battle boots and bloodied garments are assigned the fireplace, which is a splendidly final sort of wardrobe decision. Then comes the child: born, given, bearing government on his shoulders, and named with titles of astonishing weight. His kingdom will rest on justice and righteousness, upon David's throne, and the zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish it.

    The rebuilding schemevv. 8–17

    The tone changes sharply: a message falls upon Jacob and Israel, and Israel answers with pride rather than repentance. Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria propose to turn collapse into improvement, replacing ordinary materials with grander ones. The LORD then raises the foes of Rezin, while Aram presses from the east and Philistia from the west. Still the people do not return to the one who struck them or seek the LORD of Hosts. The promised cutting is wonderfully botanical and anatomical at once: head and tail, palm branch and reed, elder and lying prophet. Those meant to guide the people mislead them, and the whole company is swallowed by its own folly.

    Fire, hunger, and the family quarrelvv. 18–21

    Wickedness now burns like a spreading fire, consuming thorns, briers, and forest thickets until the land itself is scorched and the people become fuel. No brother spares a brother. Hunger drives the survivors to seize from either side without satisfaction, and the chapter's final image is its most terrible: each person devours his own offspring. Manasseh and Ephraim turn upon one another, then together against Judah. The repeated declaration remains hanging over the ruin: the anger is not turned away, and the hand is still raised.

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    1. Isa 9:1Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

    2. Isa 9:2The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

    3. Isa 9:3You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

    4. Isa 9:4For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.

    5. Isa 9:5For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

    6. Isa 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

    7. Isa 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

    8. Isa 9:8The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.

    9. Isa 9:9All the people will know it—Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:

    10. Isa 9:10“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

    11. Isa 9:11The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.

    12. Isa 9:12Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

    13. Isa 9:13But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.

    14. Isa 9:14So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.

    15. Isa 9:15The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

    16. Isa 9:16For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.

    17. Isa 9:17Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

    18. Isa 9:18For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.

    19. Isa 9:19By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.

    20. Isa 9:20They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.

    21. Isa 9:21Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

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    • 6Luke 2:11Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!
    • 6Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
    • 6Jeremiah 23:5–6Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
    • 6Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
    • 6Matthew 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
    • 2Matthew 4:16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
    • 61 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
    • 6Revelation 19:16And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
    • 2Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
    • 6John 1:1–2In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
    • 2John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
    • 2John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
    • 61 Timothy 3:16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
    • 7Luke 1:32–33He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
    • 2Luke 1:78–79because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
    • 6Hebrews 2:13–14And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”

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