Isaiah 9:6

His government shall be great, and of his peace there is no end: it shall be upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to support it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth and for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.

Brenton Septuagint

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 a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: + 9:5 Alex. + Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty One, Potentate, Prince of Peace, Father of the age to come; Compare Heb. 2. 2.for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him.

7The Lord has sent death upon Jacob, and it has come upon Israel.

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Cross References

Judges 13:18And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why dost thou thus ask after my name; whereas it is + 13:18 See Is. 9. 6.wonderful?

2 Samuel 7:16And his house shall be made sure, and his kingdom for ever before me, and his throne shall be set up for ever.

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

Nehemiah 9:32And now, O our God, the powerful, the great, the mighty, and the terrible, keeping thy covenant and thy mercy, let not all the trouble seem little in thy sight which has come upon us, and our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and upon all thy people, from the days of the kings of Assur even to this day.

Psalms 45:3Therefore will we not fear when the earth is troubled, and the mountains are removed into the depths of the seas.

Psalms 45:7The nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, the earth shook.

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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