# Isaiah 9 (New King James Version)
The Government of the Promised Son

##### Chapter 9
###### 1 Nevertheless 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.  

###### 2 The 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.

###### 3 You 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.  

###### 4 For 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.  

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

###### 6 For 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.  

###### 7 Of 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.The Punishment of Samaria

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

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

###### 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."  

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

###### 12 The 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.

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

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

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

###### 16 For the leaders of this people cause _them_ to err,  
And _those who are_ led by them are destroyed.  

###### 17 Therefore 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.

###### 18 For 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.  

###### 19 Through 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.  

###### 20 And 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.  

###### 21 Manasseh _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.