Isaiah 9 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed, As when at first He lightly esteemed The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, And afterward more heavily oppressed her, By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, In Galilee of the Gentiles.

1 But there will be no gloom for her who was in distress. Formerly, he brought contempt to the region of Zebulun and the region of Naphtali, but in the future he will have made glorious the way of the sea, the territory beyond the Jordan—Galilee of the nations.

2The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined.

2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; for those living in a land of deep darkness, a light has shined upon them.

3You have multiplied the nation And increased its joy; They rejoice before You According to the joy of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

3You have increased the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice in your presence as they rejoice at the harvest, as they are glad when they're dividing the spoils of war.

4For You have broken the yoke of his burden And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor, As in the day of Midian.

4Now as to the yoke that has been his burden, and the bar laid on his shoulder— the rod of his oppressor— you have broken it as on the day of Midiam.

5For every warrior’s sandal from the noisy battle, And garments rolled in blood, Will be used for burning and fuel of fire.

5For every boot of the tramping soldier in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be used for burning as fuel for a fire.

6For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

6For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

7Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

7Of the growth of his government and peace there will be no end. He will rule over his kingdom, sitting on the throne of David, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will accomplish this.

8The Lord sent a word against Jacob, And it has fallen on Israel.

8"The LORD has sent a plague against Jacob, and it will fall on Israel;

9All the people will know— Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria— Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:

9and all of the people were evil — Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria— saying proudly with arrogant hearts:

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

10The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamore trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.'

11Therefore the LORD shall set up The adversaries of Rezin against him, And spur his enemies on,

11But the LORD has raised adversaries from Rezin against him, and he stirs up his enemies—

12The Syrians before and the Philistines behind; And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.

12Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west— and they devour Israel with open mouths! "Yet for all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike."

13For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them, Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.

13"But the people have not returned to rely on him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

14Therefore the LORD will cut off head and tail from Israel, Palm branch and bulrush in one day.

14So the LORD has cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in a single day—

15The elder and honorable, he is the head; The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.

15the elder and the dignitary is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.

16For the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by them are destroyed.

16For those who guide this people have been leading them astray, and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

17Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men, Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows; For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer, And every mouth speaks folly. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.

17Therefore the Lord does not have pity on their young men, and has no compassion on their orphans and widows, because each of them was godless and an evildoer, and every mouth spoke folly. "Yet for all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike.

18For wickedness burns as the fire; It shall devour the briers and thorns, And kindle in the thickets of the forest; They shall mount up like rising smoke.

18"For wickedness has burned like a blaze that consumes briers and thorns; it sets thickets of the forest on fire, and skyward they swirl in a column of smoke.

19Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts The land is burned up, And the people shall be as fuel for the fire; No man shall spare his brother.

19From the wrath of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies the land has been scorched, and the people have become like fuel for the fire; no one will spare his neighbor.

20And he shall snatch on the right hand And be hungry; He shall devour on the left hand And not be satisfied; Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.

20They cut meat on the right, but they're still hungry, and they devour also on the left, but they're not satisfied; each devours the flesh of his own children.

21Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; Together they shall be against Judah. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.

21Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh; together they are against Judah. "Yet for all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike."

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