Isaiah 9:2-4

Evangelical Heritage Version

² The people walking in darkness have seen a great light.
For those living in the land of the shadow of death, the light has dawned.
³ You have multiplied the nation. You have increased its joy.^[a]
They rejoice before you like the joy at harvest time,
like the celebration when people divide the plunder.
⁴ For you have shattered the yoke that burdened them.
You have broken the bar on their shoulders and
    the rod of their oppressor,
as you did in the day of Midian.