Isaiah 9:8

The LORD sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

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In The King James Version

The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

In Context

7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

9And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

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Cross References

Isaiah 7:7Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower; who are on the head of the rich valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

Micah 1:1The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Zechariah 5:1Then I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

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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