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Birth and Reign of the Prince of Peace
But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.
But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.
Hope in the Messiah
aNevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.
aNevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.
The people who walk in darkness
Will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land,
The light will shine on them.
Will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land,
The light will shine on them.
You shall multiply the nation,
You shall increase their gladness;
They will be glad in Your presence
As with the gladness of harvest,
As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
You shall increase their gladness;
They will be glad in Your presence
As with the gladness of harvest,
As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
You will enlarge the nation of Israel,
and its people will rejoice.
They will rejoice before you
as people rejoice at the harvest
and like warriors dividing the plunder.
and its people will rejoice.
They will rejoice before you
as people rejoice at the harvest
and like warriors dividing the plunder.
For You shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders,
The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian.
The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian.
For you will break the yoke of their slavery
and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders.
You will break the oppressor’s rod,
just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.
and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders.
You will break the oppressor’s rod,
just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.
For every boot of the booted warrior in the battle tumult,
And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
The boots of the warrior
and the uniforms bloodstained by war
will all be burned.
They will be fuel for the fire.
and the uniforms bloodstained by war
will all be burned.
They will be fuel for the fire.
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.
His government and its peace
will never end.
He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David
for all eternity.
The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies
will make this happen!
The LORD’s Anger against Israel
will never end.
He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David
for all eternity.
The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies
will make this happen!
The LORD’s Anger against Israel
God’s Anger with Israel’s Arrogance
The Lord sends a message against Jacob,
And it falls on Israel.
The Lord has spoken out against Jacob;
his judgment has fallen upon Israel.
his judgment has fallen upon Israel.
And all the people know it,
That is, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
Asserting in pride and in arrogance of heart:
That is, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
Asserting in pride and in arrogance of heart:
“The bricks have fallen down,
But we will rebuild with smooth stones;
The sycamores have been cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”
But we will rebuild with smooth stones;
The sycamores have been cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”
They said, “We will replace the broken bricks of our ruins with finished stone,
and replant the felled sycamore-fig trees with cedars.”
and replant the felled sycamore-fig trees with cedars.”
Therefore the LORD raises against them adversaries from Rezin
And spurs their enemies on,
And spurs their enemies on,
But the LORD will bring Rezin’s enemies against Israel
and stir up all their foes.
and stir up all their foes.
The Arameans on the east and the Philistines on the west;
And they devour Israel with gaping jaws.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
And they devour Israel with gaping jaws.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them,
Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.
Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.
For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent.
They will not seek the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
They will not seek the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
So the LORD cuts off head and tail from Israel,
Both palm branch and bulrush in a single day.
Both palm branch and bulrush in a single day.
Therefore, in a single day the LORD will destroy both the head and the tail,
the noble palm branch and the lowly reed.
the noble palm branch and the lowly reed.
The head is the elder and honorable man,
And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail.
And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail.
The leaders of Israel are the head,
and the lying prophets are the tail.
and the lying prophets are the tail.
For those who guide this people are leading them astray;
And those who are guided by them are brought to confusion.
And those who are guided by them are brought to confusion.
For the leaders of the people have misled them.
They have led them down the path of destruction.
They have led them down the path of destruction.
Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men,
Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,
And every mouth is speaking foolishness.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,
And every mouth is speaking foolishness.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
That is why the Lord takes no pleasure in the young men
and shows no mercy even to the widows and orphans.
For they are all wicked hypocrites,
and they all speak foolishness.
But even then the LORD’s anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
and shows no mercy even to the widows and orphans.
For they are all wicked hypocrites,
and they all speak foolishness.
But even then the LORD’s anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.
It consumes briars and thorns;
It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.
This wickedness is like a brushfire.
It burns not only briers and thorns
but also sets the forests ablaze.
Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.
It burns not only briers and thorns
but also sets the forests ablaze.
Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.
By the fury of the LORD of hosts the land is burned up,
And the people are like fuel for the fire;
No man spares his brother.
And the people are like fuel for the fire;
No man spares his brother.
The land will be blackened
by the fury of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
The people will be fuel for the fire,
and no one will spare even his own brother.
by the fury of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
The people will be fuel for the fire,
and no one will spare even his own brother.
They slice off what is on the right hand but still are hungry,
And they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied;
Each of them eats the flesh of his own arm.
And they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied;
Each of them eats the flesh of his own arm.
Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,
And together they are against Judah.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
And together they are against Judah.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
Manasseh will feed on Ephraim,
Ephraim will feed on Manasseh,
and both will devour Judah.
But even then the LORD’s anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
Ephraim will feed on Manasseh,
and both will devour Judah.
But even then the LORD’s anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.