Isa 9:1-2 | ESV | STEP | But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish . In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali , but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea , the land beyond the Jordan , Galilee of the nations .

b[ch. 8:22]

c[2 Kgs. 15:29; 2 Chr. 16:4]

dCited Matt. 4:15, 16

e ch. 26:15

h[See ver. 1 above]

i[Luke 1:79; Eph. 5:8, 14]

jSee Job 3:5

‏ Isaiah 9:1-2

For to Us a Child Is Born

1 ^{▼▼Ch 8:23 in Hebrew} But there will be no ^bgloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he ^cbrought into contempt the land of ^dZebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he ^ehas made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. ^{▼▼Or of the Gentiles}

2 ^{▼▼Ch 9:1 in Hebrew} ^hThe people ⁱwho walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of ^jdeep darkness,
on them has light shone.