Isaiah 9:2
2. the people—the whole nation, Judah and Israel.
shadow of death—the darkest misery of captivity.Luke 1:79
79. (Compare Isa 9:2; Mt 4:13-17). "That St. Luke, of all the Evangelists, should have obtained and recorded these inspired utterances of Zacharias and Mary—is in accordance with his character and habits, as indicated in Lu 1:1-4" [WEBSTER and WILKINSON].
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