Isaiah 9:2-4

Lexham English Bible

² The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;
    light has shined on those who lived in a land of darkness.
³ You have made the nation numerous;
    you have not^[a] made the joy great.
They rejoice in your presence as with joy at the harvest,
    as they rejoice when they divide plunder.
⁴ For you have shattered the yoke of its burden
    and the stick of its shoulder,
    the rod of its oppressor, on^[b] the day of Midian.