Chapter 9
New Light: The Birth of a King
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[note: Isaiah 9:1-21 in the English Bible is 8:23-9:20 in the Hebrew Bible] {But there will be no gloom for those who were in distress}.[note: Literally "Indeed there is no gloom for the one to whom there was anxiety for her"] In former times he[note: That is, Yahweh] treated [the] land of Zebulun and Naphtali with contempt, but in the future he will honor the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee [of] the nations.
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; light has shined on those who lived in a land of darkness.