Isaiah 9:5

For all the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

In Context

4For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou have broken as in the day of Midian.

6For to us a child is born, to us a son is given. And the government shall be upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, for, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

Leviticus 3:11And the priest shall burn it upon the altar. It is the food of the offering made by fire to LORD.

Judges 13:18And the agent of LORD said to him, Why do thou ask after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in two. He burns the chariots in the fire.

Isaiah 10:16Therefore will the Lord, LORD of hosts, send among his fat ones, leanness, and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.

Isaiah 30:33For a Topheth is prepared of old, yea, it is made ready for the king. He has made it deep and large. The pile of it is fire and much wood. The breath of LORD kindles it, like a stream of brimstone.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:2-8

Judgment and Mercy; The Promise of Gospel Grace; The Promise of Messiah; The Titles of Messiah. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light… Read the whole commentary →

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