Isaiah 9:8 - Barnes' Notes

Isaiah 9:8

6 ^aFor unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a ^bSon is given;
And ^cthe government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
^dWonderful, Counselor, ^eMighty God,
Everlasting Father, ^fPrince of Peace.

7 Of the increase of His government and peace
^aThere will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The ^bzeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

The Punishment of Samaria

8 The Lord sent a word against ^aJacob,
And it has fallen on Israel.

9 All the people will know—
Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria—
Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:

10 “The bricks have fallen down,
But we will rebuild with hewn stones;
The sycamores are cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”

11 Therefore the Lord shall set up
The adversaries of Rezin against him,
And spur his enemies on,

12 The Syrians before and the Philistines behind;
And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth.
For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is¹ stretched out still.

13 For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.

14 Therefore the Lord will cut off head and tail from Israel,
Palm branch and bulrush ^ain one day.

15 The elder and honorable, he is the head;
The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.

16 For ^athe leaders of this people cause them to err,
And those who are led by them are destroyed.

17 Therefore the Lord ^awill have no joy in their young men,
Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows;
For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer,
And every mouth speaks¹ folly.
^bFor all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

18 For wickedness ^aburns as the fire;
It shall devour the briers and thorns,
And kindle in the thickets of the forest;
They shall mount up like rising smoke.

19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
^aThe land is burned up,
And the people shall be as fuel for the fire;
^bNo man shall spare his brother.

20 And he shall¹ snatch on the right hand
And be hungry;
He shall devour on the left hand
^aAnd not be satisfied;
^bEvery man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.

21 Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh;
Together they shall be ^aagainst Judah.
^bFor all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

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