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Isaiah 9

Isa. 9:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
d that walked
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
in darkness
choshek (Hebrew #2822)
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Pronounce: kho-shek'
Origin: from 2821
have seen
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
a great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
: they that dwell
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of the shadow of death
tsalmaveth (Hebrew #6757)
shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)
KJV usage: shadow of death.
Pronounce: tsal-maw'-veth
Origin: from 6738 and 4194
, upon them hath the light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
shined
nagahh (Hebrew #5050)
to glitter; causatively, to illuminate
KJV usage: (en-)lighten, (cause to) shine.
Pronounce: naw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Matt. 4:15‑16• 15Land of Zabulon and land of Nepthalim, way of [the] sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
 16-- the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in [the] country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up. (Matt. 4:15‑16)

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Ministry on This Verse

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walked.
Isa. 50:10• 10Who [is] among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and stay upon his God. (Isa. 50:10)
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Isa. 60:1‑3,19• 1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
 2For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples: but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
 3And nations shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.
 19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but Jehovah shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. (Isa. 60:1‑3,19)
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Mic. 7:8‑9• 8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.
 9I will bear the indignation of Jehovah—for I have sinned against him—until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his righteousness. (Mic. 7:8‑9)
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Matt. 4:16• 16-- the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in [the] country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up. (Matt. 4:16)
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Luke 1:78‑79• 78on account of [the] bowels of mercy of our God; whereby [the] day-spring from on high has visited us,
 79to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in [the] shadow of death, to guide our feet into [the] way of peace. (Luke 1:78‑79)
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Luke 2:32• 32a light for revelation of [the] Gentiles, and [the] glory of thy people Israel. (Luke 2:32)
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John 8:12• 12Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall in no wise walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)
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John 12:35,46• 35Jesus then said to them, Yet a little time the light is among you. Walk while ye have the light, that the darkness may not overtake you; and he that walketh in darkness knoweth not where he goeth.
 46I am come a light into the world, that every one that believeth on me may not abide in darkness. (John 12:35,46)
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Eph. 5:8,13‑14• 8for ye were once darkness but now [are] light in the Lord: walk as children of light
 13but all of them, when reproved by the light, are made manifest; for everything that maketh manifest is light.
 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise out of [the] dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:8,13‑14)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)
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1 John 1:5‑7• 5And this is the message which we have heard from him, and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
 6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth.
 7But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus [Christ] his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:5‑7)
in the land.
Job 10:21• 21Before I go, and return not,{HR}To a land of darkness and death-shade, (Job 10:21)
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Psa. 23:4• 4Yea when I shall walk through the valley of the shadow of death,{HR}I will fear no evil, for thou [art] with me;{HR}Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (Psa. 23:4)
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Psa. 107:10,14• 10Dwellers in darkness and death-shade,{HR}Bound in affliction and iron,
 14He bringeth them out of darkness and death-shade,{HR}And their bonds he rendeth. (Psa. 107:10,14)
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Amos 5:8• 8Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: Jehovah is his name: (Amos 5:8)
• Verse 2 tells of the great light that burst in upon the darkness. (“Isaiah 9” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them the light hath shone.