[a](A)The people who walk in darkness
Will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land,
The light will shine on them.
(B)You shall multiply the nation,
You (C)shall [b]increase [c]their gladness;
They will be glad in Your presence
As with the gladness [d]of harvest,
As [e](D)men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
For (E)You shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders,
The rod of their (F)oppressor, as [f]at the battle of (G)Midian.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb
  2. Isaiah 9:3 Another reading is not increase
  3. Isaiah 9:3 Lit the
  4. Isaiah 9:3 Lit in
  5. Isaiah 9:3 Lit they
  6. Isaiah 9:4 Lit in the day of Midian