Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
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Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
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Isaiah 9:8
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
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Isaiah 9:9
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
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Isaiah 9:10
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
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Isaiah 9:11
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
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Isaiah 9:12
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
What an unusual place for God to put this most comforting passage. It looks like all is lost, in the early parts of Isaiah. Judgement and sad circumstance for the people of God, but there is a treasure, a real treasure the likes of which only heaven can calculate. I can hear the angels singing this portion when they were speaking to the shepherds at the birth of the Messiah. Earth is calculating the losses and Heaven is calculating the gain. I see the angels passing these wonders to each other as we would pass money. "Wonderful" on earth? "Counsellor" in human form? "Mighty God"? "Everlasting Father"? They divide the knowledge of the true riches, while we calculate the riches upon earth...Halleluia, What a Savior"
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