Yasha'Yahu (Isaiah) — 9

Hope in the Messiah

1 Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever, the land of Zabulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galily of the other nations, which lies along the road that runs between the Yurdan and the sea, will be filled with Kabad.

2 The people who walk in darkness will see a great light, For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine.

3 You will enlarge the nation of Yashar'AL, and its people will rejoice, they will rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest and like warriors dividing the plunder.

4 For you will break the yoke of their slavery and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders, you will break the oppressor’s rod, just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.

5 The boots of the warrior and the uniforms bloodstained by warwill all be burned. They will be fuel for the fire.

6 For a child is born to us, a son is given to us, the government will rest on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty one, from Everlasting ABBA (Father), He is the Prince of Shalum.

7 His government and its Shalum will never end, He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his father Daud for all eternity, The passionate commitment of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut will make this happen!

YAHUAH’s Anger against Yashar'AL 

8 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has spoken out against Ya'aqub; the judgement of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has fallen upon Yashar'AL.

9 And the people of Yashar'AL and Samaria, who spoke with such pride and arrogance, will soon know it.

10 They said, “We will replace the broken bricks of our ruins with finished stone, and replant the felled sycamore-fig trees with cedars.”

11 But 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will bring Razin’s enemies against Yashar'AL and stir up all their foes.

12 The Syrians from the east and the Philistines from the west will bare their fangs and devour Yashar'AL, But even then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.

13 For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent. They will not seek 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut.

14 Therefore, in a single day  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will destroy both the head and the tail, the noble palm branch and the lowly reed.

15 The leaders of Yashar'AL are the head, and the lying prophets are the tail.

16 For the leaders of the people have misled them. They have led them down the path of destruction.

17 That is why 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH takes no pleasure in the young men and shows no mercy even to the widows and orphans, For they are all wicked hypocrites, and they all speak foolishness, But even then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.

18 This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but also sets the forests ablaze. Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.

19 The land will be blackened by the fury of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut, the people will be fuel for the fire, and no one will spare even his own brother.

20 They will attack their neighbor on the right but will still be hungry, they will devour their neighbor on the left  but will not be satisfied, In the end they will even eat their own children.

21 Manassah will feed on Aphraim, Aphraim will feed on Manassah, and both will devour Yahudah, but even then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH’s anger will not be satisfied, His fist is still poised to strike.