{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/isaiah/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:53:28.699Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":9,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":10,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"AT the first time the land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephtali was lightly touched: and at the last the way of the sea beyond the Jordan of the Galilee of the Gentiles was heavily loaded. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The people that walked in darkness, have seen a great light: to them that dwelt in the region of the shadow of death, light is risen. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Thou hast multiplied the nation, and hast not increased the joy. They shall rejoice before thee, as they that rejoice in the harvest, as conquerors rejoice after taking a prey, when they divide the spoils. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For the yoke of their burden, and the rod of their shoulder, and the sceptre of their oppressor thou best overcome, as in the day of Median. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For every violent taking of spoils, with tumult, and garment mingled with blood, shall be burnt, and be fuel for the fire. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And all the people of Ephraim shall know, and the inhabitants of Samaria that say in the pride and haughtiness of their heart: "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with square stones: they have cut down the sycamores, but we will change them for cedars. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the Lord shall set up the enemies of Rasin over him, and shall bring on his enemies in a crowd: "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The Syrians from the east, and the Philistines from the west: and they shall devour Israel with open mouth, For all this his indignation is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the people are not returned to him who hath struck them, and have not sought after the Lord of hosts. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel the head and the tail, him that bendeth down, and him that holdeth back, in one day. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down headlong. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Therefore the Lord shell have no joy in their young men: neither shall he have mercy on their fatherless, and widows: for every one is a hypocrite and wicked, and every mouth hath spoken folly. For all this his indignation is not turned away, but his bend is stretched out still. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For wickedness is kindled as a fire, it shall devour the brier and the thorn: and shall kindle in the thicket of the forest, and it shall be wrapped up in smoke ascending on high. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"By the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is troubled, and the people shall be as fuel for the fire: no man shall spare his brother. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And he shall turn to the right hand, and shall be hungry: and shall eat on the left hand, and shall not be filled: every one shell eat the flesh of his own arm: Manasses Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasses, and they together shall be against Juda. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"After all these things his indignation is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 9 (DRB)","markdown":"[Isaiah 9](https://primebible.com/drb/isaiah/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/isaiah/9 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}