Isaiah 9 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ But there is no gloom upon her who is distressed, as when at first He humbled the land of Zeḇ

² The people who were walking in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death a light has shone.

³ You shall increase the nation; You shall make its joy great. They shall rejoice before You, as in the joy of harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

⁴ For You shall break the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Miḏ

⁵ For every boot of one trampling in tumult, and coat rolled in blood, shall be used for burning and fuel of fire.

⁶ For a Child shall be born unto us, a Son shall be given unto us, and the rule is on His shoulder. And His Name is called Wonder, Counsellor, Strong Ě

⁷ Of the increase of His rule and peace there is no end, upon the throne of Dawiḏ

⁸ יהוה  sent a word against Yaʽ

⁹ And the people shall know, all of them, Ephrayim and the inhabitant of Shomeron, who say in pride and greatness of heart:

¹⁰ “The bricks have fallen down, but we rebuild with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we replace them with cedars.”

¹¹ And יהוה  set up the adversaries of Retsin against him, and stirred up his enemies,

¹² the Arameans before and the Philistines behind. And they devour Yisra’ĕ

¹³ And the people have not turned back to Him who smites them, nor have they sought יהוה  of hosts.

¹⁴ And יהוה  cuts off head and tail from Yisra’ĕ

¹⁵ Elder and highly respected, he is the head; the prophet who teaches falsehood, he is the tail.

¹⁶ For the leaders of this people lead them astray, and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

¹⁷ Therefore יהוה  does not rejoice over their young men, and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is defiled and evil, and every mouth speaks foolishness. With all this His displeasure has not turned back, and His hand is still stretched out.

¹⁸ For wrongness burns as the fire; it consumes thornbushes and weeds, and sets the bushes of the forest ablaze, and they roll up like rising smoke.

¹⁹ The land shall be burned up by the wrath of יהוה  of hosts, and the people be as fuel for the fire. A man shall not spare his brother,

²⁰ and cut down on the right hand, but shall be hungry; and he devours on the left hand, but shall not be satisfied; each one devouring the flesh of his own arm:

²¹ Menashsheh Ephrayim, and Ephrayim Menashsheh; together they are against Yehuḏ