Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given. And leadership is placed upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called: wonderful Counselor, mighty God, father of the future age, Prince of Peace.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5For every violent plunder with a tumult, and every garment mixed with blood, will be burned up and will become fuel for the fire.

7His reign will be increased, and there will be no end to his peace. He will sit upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to confirm and strengthen it, in judgment and justice, from now even unto eternity. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall accomplish this.

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Cross References

Judges 13:18And he answered him, “Why do you ask my name, which is a wonder?”

2 Samuel 7:16And your house shall be faithful, and your kingdom shall be before your face, for eternity, and your throne shall be secure continuously.’”

1 Kings 2:45And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord, even forever.

Nehemiah 9:32Now therefore, our great God, strong and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy, may you not avert your face from all the hardship that has found us, we and our kings, and our leaders, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people, from the days of king Assur, even to this day.

Psalms 45:3Because of this, we will not be afraid when the earth will be turbulent and the mountains will be transferred into the heart of the sea.

Psalms 45:7The peoples have been disturbed, and the kingdoms have been bowed down. He uttered his voice: the earth has been moved.

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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