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**Nevertheless** = For, This member ([Isaiah 9:1-7](../../../kjv/isaiah/9/1-7) ) relates to Messiah, the Son, referring back to [Isaiah 8:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/9) , [Isaiah 8:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/10) ; and carries [Isaiah 7:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/7/14) on to its future fulfilment, See App-102 .
**dimness. vexation.** Almost the same two words as dimness. anguish ([Isaiah 8:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/22) ).
**at the first.** When Ben-hadad, in the reign of Baasha, "smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali" ([1 Kings 15:20](../../../kjv/1-kings/15/20) )
**the land, &c.** Quoted in [Luke 1:79](../../../kjv/luke/1/79) .
**afterward.** Referring to the heavier scourge when Hazael "smote all the coasts of Israel from Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead" ([2 Kings 10:32](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/32) , [2 Kings 10:33](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/33) ). This land was the first to be afflicted by the armies of Assyria ([2 Kings 15:29](../../../kjv/2-kings/15/29) , and was the first to see the promised light in the person of the Messiah.

**that walked in darkness** = the walkers in darkness.
**have men** = saw. Quoted in [Matthew 4:14-16](../../../kjv/matthew/4/14-16) .

**Thou:** i.e. Jehovah*
**hast.** This is the Figure of speech *Prolepsis* , by which the future is prophetically spoken of as present, or past.
**and not increased the joy.** The difficulty is not removed by reading *lo* , "to him", instead of *l'o* , "not" (which is the marginal reading of Hebrew text, and is followed by the Revised Version. Dr. C. D. Ginsburg suggests that the word in question, *haggil'o,* was wrongly divided into two words, and the last syllable ( *l'o)* was treated as a separate word. Read as one word, the four lines form an *Introversion* , thus: Thou hast multiplied the exultation, Thou hast increased the joy: They joy before Thee according to the joy in harvest.

**For unto us, &c.** The prophecy of the "Divine Interposition" ends with Messiah, even as it began in [Isaiah 7:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/7/14) (quoted in [Luke 2:11](../../../kjv/luke/2/11) ). See App-102 .
**is.** Figure of speech *Prolepsis* .
**given.** The interval of this present dispensation comes between the word "given" and the next clause.
**government.** The Hebrew word misrah occurs only in these verses (6, 7). Like *politeuma* ([Philippians 1:3](../../../kjv/philippians/1/3) , [Philippians 1:20](../../../kjv/philippians/1/20) ).
**name** = He Himself. See note on [Psalms 20:1](../../../kjv/psalms/20/1) .
**Wonderful.** Compare [Judges 13:18](../../../kjv/judges/13/18) .
**GOD.** Hebrew El. As in [Isaiah 10:21](../../../kjv/isaiah/10/21) . App-4 .
**of.** Genitive (of Origin), App-17 .; i.e. the Prince Who gives peace. Compare [Romans 15:16](../../../kjv/romans/15/16) .

**no end.** Compare the angelic message ([Luke 1:32](../../../kjv/luke/1/32) , [Luke 1:33](../../../kjv/luke/1/33) ).
**it.** Feminine, referring to the kingdom.
**upon. henceforth.** Quoted in [Luke 1:32](../../../kjv/luke/1/32) , [Luke 1:33](../../../kjv/luke/1/33) .
**the Lord of hosts.** See note on [Isaiah 1:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/9) , and [1 Samuel 1:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/3) .
**sent a word.** ch. [Isaiah 2:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/5) , [Isaiah 2:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/6) which had now been fulfilled. Compare [Isaiah 5:25](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/25) . [2 Chronicles 28:6-8](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/28/6-8) .
**Jacob.** See note on [Isaiah 2:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/5) .
**lighted** = fallen.

**all the People, &c.** "People" is singular, and "know" is plural = the People, all of them.

**adversaries.** Some codices read "princes, or generals".
**him:** i.e. Ephraim (not Rezin).
**join, &c.** = weave together, unite as allies.

**For all this, &c.** See note on [Isaiah 5:26](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/26) . Note the Figure of speech *Amoeboeon* , [Isaiah 5:25](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/25) ; here, verses: [Isaiah 9:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/9/17) , [Isaiah 9:21](../../../kjv/isaiah/9/21) , [Isaiah 9:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/9/4) . stretched out: in judgment. See note on Isa 6:26 .

**turneth not.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 4:29](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/29) , [Deuteronomy 4:30](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/30) ).
**the Lord** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* with *'eth =* Jehovah Himself. App-4 . See note on [1 Samuel 1:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/3) .

**rush.** Hebrew. *'agmon.* Occurs twice in "former" portion, here and [Isaiah 19:15](../../../kjv/isaiah/19/15) ; and once in "latter" portion ([Isaiah 58:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/58/5) , "bulrush"). Elsewhere only in [Job 41:2](../../../kjv/job/41/2) , [Job 41:20](../../../kjv/job/41/20) .

**head. tail.** Reference to Pentateuch. Only here and [Deuteronomy 28:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/13) , [Deuteronomy 28:44](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/44) .

**the leaders:** or, flatterers.
**err** = stray.
**they that are led** = they that are flattered.
**destroyed** = swallowed up.

**wickedness** = lawlessness. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 .

**of** = for. Genitive of Relation ( App-17 .)

**eat. not be satisfied.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/26) ).

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