Isaiah 7:16-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
16 For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned. 17 The Lord will bring on you, your people, and the house of your father, such a time as has never been since Ephraim separated from Judah(A)—the king of Assyria(B) is coming.”
18 On that day(C)
the Lord will whistle(D) to the fly
that is at the farthest streams of the Nile
and to the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
19 All of them will come and settle
in the steep ravines, in the clefts of the rocks,(E)
in all the thornbushes, and in all the water holes.
20 On that day the Lord will use a razor(F) hired from beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria(G)—to shave the head, the hair on the legs, and to remove the beard as well.
21 On that day
a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
22 and from the abundant milk they give
he will eat butter,
for every survivor in the land will eat butter and honey.(H)
23 And on that day
every place where there were 1,000 vines,
worth 1,000 pieces of silver,
will become thorns and briers.(I)
24 A man will go there with bow and arrows
because the whole land will be thorns and briers.
25 You will not go to all the hills
that were once tilled with a hoe,
for fear of the thorns and briers.
Those hills will be places for oxen to graze
and for sheep to trample.
Isaiah 9:2-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 [a]The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;(A)
a light has dawned
on those living in the land of darkness.(B)
3 You have enlarged the nation
and increased its joy.[b](C)
The people have rejoiced before You
as they rejoice at harvest time
and as they rejoice when dividing spoils.(D)
4 For You have shattered their oppressive yoke(E)
and the rod on their shoulders,
the staff of their oppressor,
just as You did on the day of Midian.(F)
5 For the trampling boot of battle
and the bloodied garments of war
will be burned as fuel for the fire.
6 For a child will be born for us,
a son will be given to us,(G)
and the government will be on His shoulders.(H)
He will be named
Wonderful Counselor,(I) Mighty God,(J)
Eternal Father,(K) Prince of Peace.(L)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:2 Is 9:1 in Hb
- Isaiah 9:3 Alt Hb tradition reads have not increased joy
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