Isaiah:9

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* Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation , when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali , and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea , beyond Jordan , in Galilee of the nations . * The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death , upon them hath the light shined . * Thou hast multiplied the nation , and not increased the joy : they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest , and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil . * For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden , and the staff of his shoulder , the rod of his oppressor , as in the day of Midian . * For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise ra #ash #, and garments rolled in blood ; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire . * For unto us a child is born , unto us a son is given : and the government shall be upon his shoulder : and his name shall be called Wonderful , Counsellor , The mighty God , The everlasting Father , The Prince of Peace . * Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end , upon the throne of David , and upon his kingdom , to order it , and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever . The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this . * The Lord sent a word into Jacob Ya #aqob #, and it hath lighted upon Israel Yisra #el #. * And all the people shall know , even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria , that say in the pride and stoutness of heart , * The bricks are fallen down , but we will build with hewn stones : the sycomores are cut down , but we will change them into cedars . * Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him , and join # his enemies together ; * The Syrians before , and the Philistines behind ; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth . For all this his anger is not turned away , but his hand is stretched out still . * For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them , neither do they seek the LORD of hosts . * Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail , branch and rush , in one day . * The ancient and honourable paniym #, he is the head ro #sh #; and the prophet that teacheth lies , he is the tail . * For the leaders of this people cause them to err ; and they that are led of them are destroyed . * Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men , neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows : for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer , and every mouth speaketh folly . For all this his anger is not turned away , but his hand is stretched out still . * For wickedness burneth as the fire : it shall devour the briers and thorns , and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest ya #ar #, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke . * Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened , and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire : no man shall spare his brother . * And he shall snatch on the right hand , and be hungry ra #eb #; and he shall eat on the left hand s @mo #wl #, and they shall not be satisfied : they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm : * Manasseh , Ephraim ; and Ephraim , Manasseh : and they together shall be against Judah . For all this his anger is not turned away , but his hand is stretched out still .

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