Isaiah 9:2-4

Contemporary English Version

War Is Over

²^(A) Those who walked in the dark
    have seen a bright light.
And it shines upon everyone
who lives in the land
    of darkest shadows.
³Our Lord, you have made
    your nation stronger.^[a]
Because of you, its people
    are glad and celebrate
like workers at harvest time
or like soldiers dividing up
    what they have taken.

⁴You have broken the power
of those who abused
and enslaved your people.
You have rescued them
just as you saved your people
from Midian.^[b]

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Footnotes

9.3 stronger: Or “happy” or “larger.”
9.4 rescued … from Midian: The time when Gideon defeated the people of Midian in Jezreel Valley (see Judges 6–8).