Isaiah 9:7
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:31For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and that which shall be saved out of mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.
Psalms 45:4Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most mighty.
Psalms 72:7In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken sway.
Isaiah 11:3And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.
Isaiah 32:1Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shell rule in judgment.
Isaiah 42:3The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
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 →