[a](A)The people who walk in darkness
Will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land,
The light will shine on them.
(B)You will multiply the nation,
You (C)will [b]increase [c]their joy;
They will rejoice in Your presence
As with the joy [d]of harvest,
As people (D)rejoice when they divide the spoils.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb
  2. Isaiah 9:3 Another reading is not increase
  3. Isaiah 9:3 Lit the
  4. Isaiah 9:3 Lit in

The people walking in darkness(A)
    have seen a great light;(B)
on those living in the land of deep darkness(C)
    a light has dawned.(D)
You have enlarged the nation(E)
    and increased their joy;(F)
they rejoice before you
    as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
    when dividing the plunder.(G)

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