Isa 9:1-4 | ESV | STEP | But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish . In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali , but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea , the land beyond the Jordan , Galilee of the nations .

b[ch. 8:22]

c[2 Kgs. 15:29; 2 Chr. 16:4]

dCited Matt. 4:15, 16

e ch. 26:15

h[See ver. 1 above]

i[Luke 1:79; Eph. 5:8, 14]

jSee Job 3:5

k ch. 26:15

l Ps. 4:7; [John 4:36]

m Ps. 119:162; [1 Sam. 30:16]

n[Judg. 5:30]

o ch. 10:27; 14:25; Nah. 1:13; [Matt. 11:29]

p ch. 10:5, 24; 14:5

q ch. 10:26; Ps. 83:9; See Judg. 7:19-25; 8:10-21

Isaiah 9:1-4

For to Us a Child Is Born

1 ^{▼▼Ch 8:23 in Hebrew} But there will be no ^bgloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he ^cbrought into contempt the land of ^dZebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he ^ehas made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. ^{▼▼Or of the Gentiles}

2 ^{▼▼Ch 9:1 in Hebrew} ^hThe people ⁱwho walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of ^jdeep darkness,
on them has light shone.
3 ^kYou have multiplied the nation;
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as with ^ljoy at the harvest,
as they ^mare glad ⁿwhen they divide the spoil.
4 ^oFor the yoke of his burden,
^pand the staff for his shoulder,
the rod of his oppressor,
you have broken as ^qon the day of Midian.