9:1 Nevertheless the darkness shall not be as when the distress was in the [land], at the time he at first lightly, and afterwards heavily, visited the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, -- the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
9:2 the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them light hath shone.
9:3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, hast increased its joy: they joy before thee like to the joy in harvest; as [men] rejoice when they divide the spoil.
9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
9:5 For every boot of him that is shod for the tumult, and the garment rolled in blood, shall be for burning, fuel for fire.
9:12 the Syrians on the east, and the Philistines on the west; and they shall devourIsrael with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
9:13 But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, and they do not seekJehovah of hosts.
9:15 the ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
9:16 For the guides of this people mislead [them]; and they that are guided by them are swallowed up.
9:17 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice in their young men, neither will he have mercy on their fatherless and on their widows; for every one is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
9:18 For wickedness burneth as a fire: it devoureth briars and thorns, and kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they go rolling up like a pillar of smoke.
9:20 and he snatcheth on the right hand, and is hungry, and eateth on the left hand; and they are not satisfied. They eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
9:21 Manasseh, Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh; [and] they together are against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.