Isaiah 9-12

New King James Version

³ You have multiplied the nation
And ^[a]increased its joy;
They rejoice before You
According to the joy of harvest,
As men rejoice ^(F)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 ^(G)Midian.
⁵ For every warrior’s ^[b]sandal from the noisy battle,
And garments rolled in blood,
^(H)Will be used for burning and fuel ^[c]of fire.

^6 (I)For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a ^(J)Son is given;
And ^(K)the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
^(L)Wonderful, Counselor, ^(M)Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, ^(N)Prince of Peace.
⁷ Of the increase of His government and peace
^(O)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 ^(P)zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is ^[d]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 ^(R)in one day.
¹⁵ The elder and honorable, he is the head;
The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
¹⁶ For ^(S)the leaders of this people cause them to err,
And those who are led by them are destroyed.
¹⁷ Therefore the Lord ^(T)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 ^[e]folly.

^(U)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

¹⁸ For wickedness ^(V)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
^(W)The land is burned up,
And the people shall be as fuel for the fire;
^(X)No man shall spare his brother.
²⁰ And he shall ^[f]snatch on the right hand
And be hungry;
He shall devour on the left hand
^(Y)And not be satisfied;
^(Z)Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.
²¹ Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh;
Together they shall be ^(AA)against Judah.

^(AB)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

^(AH)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
And by my wisdom, for I am prudent;
Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
And have robbed their treasuries;
So I have put down the inhabitants like a ^[i]valiant man.
^14 (AT)My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people,
And as one gathers eggs that are left,
I have gathered all the earth;
And there was no one who moved his wing,
Nor opened his mouth with even a peep.”

¹⁵ Shall ^(AU)the ax boast itself against him who chops with it?
Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it?
As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up,
Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!
¹⁶ Therefore the Lord, the ^[j]Lord of hosts,
Will send leanness among his fat ones;
And under his glory
He will kindle a burning
Like the burning of a fire.
¹⁷ So the Light of Israel will be for a fire,
And his Holy One for a flame;
^(AV)It will burn and devour
His thorns and his briers in one day.
¹⁸ And it will consume the glory of his forest and of ^(AW)his fruitful field,
Both soul and body;
And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.
¹⁹ Then the rest of the trees of his forest
Will be so few in number
That a child may write them.

²⁷ It shall come to pass in that day
That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder,
And his yoke from your neck,
And the yoke will be destroyed because of ^(BI)the anointing oil.

²⁸ He has come to Aiath,
He has passed Migron;
At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.
²⁹ They have gone ^[m]along ^(BJ)the ridge,
They have taken up lodging at Geba.
Ramah is afraid,
^(BK)Gibeah of Saul has fled.
^30 [n]Lift up your voice,
O daughter ^(BL)of Gallim!
Cause it to be heard as far as ^(BM)Laish—
^[o]O poor Anathoth!
^31 (BN)Madmenah has fled,
The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.
³² As yet he will remain ^(BO)at Nob that day;
He will ^(BP)shake his fist at the mount of ^(BQ)the daughter of Zion,
The hill of Jerusalem.

³³ Behold, the Lord,
The Lord of hosts,
Will lop off the bough with terror;
^(BR)Those of high stature will be hewn down,
And the haughty will be humbled.
³⁴ He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron,
And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

³ His delight is in the fear of the Lord,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
⁴ But ^(BX)with righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall ^(BY)strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
⁵ Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins,
And faithfulness the belt of His waist.

⁶ “The^(BZ) wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little child shall lead them.
⁷ The cow and the bear shall graze;
Their young ones shall lie down together;
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
⁸ The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole,
And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den.
^9 (CA)They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,
For ^(CB)the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.

¹⁰ “And^(CC) in that day ^(CD)there shall be a Root of Jesse,
Who shall stand as a ^(CE)banner to the people;
For the ^(CF)Gentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious.”

¹¹ It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
^(CG)From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the ^[s]islands of the sea.

¹² He will set up a banner for the nations,
And will ^[t]assemble the outcasts of Israel,
And gather together ^(CH)the dispersed of Judah
From the four ^[u]corners of the earth.
¹³ Also ^(CI)the envy of Ephraim shall depart,
And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
¹⁴ But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west;
Together they shall plunder the ^[v]people of the East;
^(CJ)They shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab;
And the people of Ammon shall obey them.
¹⁵ The Lord ^(CK)will utterly ^[w]destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt;
With His mighty wind He will shake His fist over ^[x]the River,
And strike it in the seven streams,
And make men cross over ^[y]dry-shod.
^16 (CL)There will be a highway for the remnant of His people
Who will be left from Assyria,
^(CM)As it was for Israel
In the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.

“O Lord, I will praise You;
Though You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.
² Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
^(CO)‘For ^(CP)Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;
He also has become my salvation.’ ”

³ Therefore with joy you will draw ^(CQ)water
From the wells of salvation.

^(CR)“Praise the Lord, call upon His name;
^(CS)Declare His deeds among the peoples,
Make mention that His ^(CT)name is exalted.
^5 (CU)Sing to the Lord,
For He has done excellent things;
This is known in all the earth.
^6 (CV)Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion,
For great is ^(CW)the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”