Isaiah 9:5

For every boot of the man of war with his sounding step, and the clothing rolled in blood, will be for burning, food for the fire.

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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 by your hand the yoke on his neck and the rod on his back, even the rod of his cruel master, have been broken, as in the day of Midian.

6For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:30And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.

Leviticus 3:11That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire to the Lord.

Judges 13:18But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?

Psalms 46:9\46:8\Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth.

Isaiah 10:16For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame.

Isaiah 30:33For a place of fire has long been ready; yes, it has been made ready for the king; he has made it deep and wide: it is massed with fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of fire, puts a light to it.

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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