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[a](A)The people who walk in darkness
Will see a great light;
Those who live in the land of the shadow of death,
The light will shine on them.
(B)You shall multiply the nation,
You (C)shall [b]make great [c]their gladness;
They will be glad in Your presence
As with the gladness [d]of harvest,
As [e](D)men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
For (E)You shall shatter the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders,
The rod of their (F)taskmaster, as [f]at the battle of (G)Midian.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb
  2. Isaiah 9:3 M.T. not increase
  3. Isaiah 9:3 Lit the
  4. Isaiah 9:3 Lit in
  5. Isaiah 9:3 Lit they
  6. Isaiah 9:4 Lit in the day of Midian

The people walking in darkness(A)
    have seen a great light;(B)
on those living in the land of deep darkness(C)
    a light has dawned.(D)
You have enlarged the nation(E)
    and increased their joy;(F)
they rejoice before you
    as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
    when dividing the plunder.(G)
For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,(H)
    you have shattered(I)
the yoke(J) that burdens them,
    the bar across their shoulders,(K)
    the rod of their oppressor.(L)

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