Isaiah 9:2

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; 1 those who have lived in the land of the shadow of death, the light has shone on them. + 9:2 Instead of the shadow of death , some versions have darkness . 1

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In The King James Version

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 shined.

In Context

1The gloom will be dispelled from her who was in anguish. 1 In an earlier time he humiliated 1 the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, 1 but in the later time he will make it glorious, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. 1

3You have multiplied the nation; you have increased their joy. 1 They rejoice before you like the joy at harvest time, 1 as men rejoice when they divide the plunder. 1

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Cross References

Job 10:21before I go from where I will not return, 1 to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death, 1

Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through a valley of darkest shadow, 1 I will not fear harm since you are with me; 1 your rod and your staff comfort me. 1

Psalms 107:14He brought them out of darkness and gloom 1 and broke their bonds. 1

Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears Yahweh? Who obeys the voice of his servant? 1 Who walks in deep darkness without light? 1 He should trust in the name of Yahweh and lean on his God. 1

Isaiah 60:19The sun will no longer be your light by day, 1 nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you; 1 but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God your glory. 1

Micah 7:8Do not rejoice over me, my enemy. 1 After I fall, 1 I will rise. 1 When I sit in darkness, 1 Yahweh will be a light for me. 1

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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