Isaiah 9:1-5 ▼

1 The gloom will be dispelled for those who were anxious. In earlier times he humiliated the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali; but now he brings honor to the way of the sea, the region beyond the Jordan, and Galilee of the nations.

2 The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.

3 You have enlarged the nation; you give them great joy. They rejoice in your presence as harvesters rejoice; as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder.

4 For their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian's defeat.

5 Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth and every garment dragged through blood is used as fuel for the fire.