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Isa. 9:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For unto us a child is born, untoi us a son is given: and the governmentk shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty Godm, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peacen.

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Luke 2:11• ¹¹for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David's city, who is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:11)

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Matt. 28:18• ¹⁸And Jesus coming up spoke to them, saying, All power has been given me in heaven and upon earth. (Matt. 28:18)

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Heb. 1:8• ⁸but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Heb. 1:8)

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Eph. 2:14• ¹⁴For *he* is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure, (Eph. 2:14)

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For unto.

Isa. 7:14• ¹⁴Therefore will the Lord himself give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a son, and call his name Immanuel. (Isa. 7:14)

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Luke 1:35• ³⁵And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of the Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God. (Luke 1:35)

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Luke 2:11• ¹¹for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David's city, who is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:11)

unto us a son.

John 1:14• ¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth; (John 1:14)

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John 3:16‑17• ¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
¹⁷For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him. (John 3:16‑17)

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Rom. 8:32• ³²He who, yea, has not spared his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him grant us all things? (Rom. 8:32)

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1 John 4:10‑14• ¹⁰Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.
¹¹Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
¹²No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
¹³Hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, that he has given to us of his Spirit.
¹⁴And *we* have seen, and testify, that the Father has sent the Son as Saviour of the world. (1 John 4:10‑14)

the government.

Isa. 22:21‑22• ²¹and I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
²²And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. (Isa. 22:21‑22)

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Psa. 2:6‑12• ⁶And *I* have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness.
⁷I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; *I* this day have begotten thee.
⁸Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the ends of the earth:
⁹Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.
¹⁰And now, O kings, be ye wise, be admonished, ye judges of the earth.
¹¹Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
¹²Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, though his anger burn but a little. Blessed are all who have their trust in him. (Psa. 2:6‑12)

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Psa. 110:1‑4• ¹Psalm of David. Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet.
²Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.
³Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in holy splendour: from the womb of the morning shall come to thee the dew of thy youth.
⁴Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek. (Psa. 110:1‑4)

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Jer. 23:5‑6• ⁵Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
⁶In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness. (Jer. 23:5‑6)

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Zech. 6:12‑13• ¹²and speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Behold a man whose name is the Branch; and he shall grow up from his own place, and he shall build the temple of Jehovah:
¹³even he shall build the temple of Jehovah; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. (Zech. 6:12‑13)

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Zech. 9:9‑10• ⁹Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh to thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
¹⁰And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle-bow shall be cut off. And he shall speak peace unto the nations; and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. (Zech. 9:9‑10)

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Matt. 11:27• ²⁷All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal him. (Matt. 11:27)

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Matt. 28:18• ¹⁸And Jesus coming up spoke to them, saying, All power has been given me in heaven and upon earth. (Matt. 28:18)

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1 Cor. 15:25• ²⁵For he must reign until he put all enemies under his feet. (1 Cor. 15:25)

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Eph. 1:21‑22• ²¹above every principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in that to come;
²²and has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the assembly, (Eph. 1:21‑22)

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Rev. 19:16• ¹⁶And he has upon his garment, and upon his thigh, a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords. (Rev. 19:16)

his name.

Isa. 7:14• ¹⁴Therefore will the Lord himself give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a son, and call his name Immanuel. (Isa. 7:14)

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Judg. 13:18• ¹⁸And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, How is it that thou askest after my name, seeing it is wonderful? (Judg. 13:18)

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Judg. 13• (Judg. 13)

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Jer. 31:22• ²²How long wilt thou wander about, thou backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath created a new thing on the earth, a woman shall encompass a man. (Jer. 31:22)

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Matt. 1:23• ²³Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, 'God with us.' (Matt. 1:23)

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1 Tim. 3:16• ¹⁶And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in the Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among the nations, has been believed on in the world, has been received up in glory. (1 Tim. 3:16)

Counsellor.

Isa. 28:29• ²⁹This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel, great in wisdom. (Isa. 28:29)

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Zech. 6:13• ¹³even he shall build the temple of Jehovah; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. (Zech. 6:13)

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Luke 21:15• ¹⁵for *I* will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist. (Luke 21:15)

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John 1:16• ¹⁶for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace. (John 1:16)

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1 Cor. 1:30• ³⁰But of him are *ye* in Christ Jesus, who has been made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and holiness, and redemption; (1 Cor. 1:30)

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Col. 2:3• ³in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge. (Col. 2:3)

The mighty God.

Isa. 45:24‑25• ²⁴Only in Jehovah, shall one say, have I righteousness and strength. To him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
²⁵In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. (Isa. 45:24‑25)

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Psa. 45:3,6• ³Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, in thy majesty and thy splendour;
⁶Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom: (Psa. 45:3,6)

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Psa. 50:1• ¹A Psalm. Of Asaph. *God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. (Psa. 50:1)

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Jer. 23:5‑6• ⁵Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
⁶In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness. (Jer. 23:5‑6)

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John 1:1‑2• ¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
²*He* was in the beginning with God. (John 1:1‑2)

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Acts 20:28• ²⁸Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own. (Acts 20:28)

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Rom. 9:5• ⁵whose are the fathers; and of whom, as according to flesh, is the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (Rom. 9:5)

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Titus 2:13• ¹³awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13)

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Heb. 1:8• ⁸but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Heb. 1:8)

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1 John 5:20• ²⁰And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that is true; and we are in him that is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (1 John 5:20)

The everlasting Father.

Isa. 8:18• ¹⁸Behold, I and the children that Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel, from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion. (Isa. 8:18)

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Isa. 53:10• ¹⁰Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath subjected him to suffering. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand. (Isa. 53:10)

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Prov. 8:23• ²³I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was. (Prov. 8:23)

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Heb. 2:13‑14• ¹³And again, I will trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children which God has given me.
¹⁴Since therefore the children partake of blood and flesh, he also, in like manner, took part in the same, that through death he might annul him who has the might of death, that is, the devil; (Heb. 2:13‑14)

The Prince of Peace.

Isa. 11:6‑9• ⁶The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted beast together, and a little child shall lead them.
⁷And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
⁸And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the viper's den.
⁹They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea. (Isa. 11:6‑9)

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Isa. 53:5• ⁵But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed. (Isa. 53:5)

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Psa. 72:3,7• ³The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness.
⁷In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace till the moon be no more. (Psa. 72:3,7)

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Psa. 85:10• ¹⁰Loving-kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other: (Psa. 85:10)

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Dan. 9:24‑25• ²⁴Seventy weeks are apportioned out upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to close the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make expiation for iniquity, and to bring in the righteousness of the ages, and to seal the vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies.
²⁵Know therefore and understand: From the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto Messiah, the Prince, are seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks. The street and the moat shall be built again, even in troublous times. (Dan. 9:24‑25)

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Mic. 5:4‑5• ⁴And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God. And they shall abide; for now shall he be great even unto the ends of the earth.
⁵And this man shall be Peace. When the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight princes of men. (Mic. 5:4‑5)

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Luke 2:14• ¹⁴Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men. (Luke 2:14)

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John 14:27• ²⁷I leave peace with you; I give *my* peace to you: not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it fear. (John 14:27)

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Acts 10:36• ³⁶The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (*he* is Lord of all things,) (Acts 10:36)

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Rom. 5:1‑10• ¹Therefore having been justified on the principle of faith, we have peace towards God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
²by whom we have also access by faith into this favour in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.
³And not only that, but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation works endurance;
⁴and endurance, experience; and experience, hope;
⁵and hope does not make ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us:
⁶for we being still without strength, in the due time Christ has died for the ungodly.
⁷For scarcely for the just man will one die, for perhaps for the good man some one might also dare to die;
⁸but God commends *his* love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us.
⁹Much rather therefore, having been now justified in the power of his blood, we shall be saved by him from wrath.
¹⁰For if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much rather, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in the power of his life. (Rom. 5:1‑10)

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2 Cor. 5:19• ¹⁹how that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences; and putting in us the word of that reconciliation. (2 Cor. 5:19)

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Eph. 2:14‑18• ¹⁴For *he* is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure,
¹⁵having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace;
¹⁶and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity;
¹⁷and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off, and the glad tidings of peace to those who were nigh.
¹⁸For through him we have both access by one Spirit to the Father. (Eph. 2:14‑18)

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Col. 1:20‑21• ²⁰and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross--by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.
²¹And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled (Col. 1:20‑21)

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Heb. 7:2‑3• ²to whom Abraham gave also the tenth portion of all; first being interpreted King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is King of peace;
³without father, without mother, without genealogy; having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but assimilated to the Son of God, abides a priest continually. (Heb. 7:2‑3)

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Heb. 13:20• ²⁰But the God of peace, who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, in the power of the blood of the eternal covenant, (Heb. 13:20)

• Verse 6 begins with “For”; that is, it supplies the basic reason or ground on which the prophecy rests. The meaning and implications of the great name, Immanuel, are unfolded to us. He is truly the “Child” born to the virgin but He is also the “Son” given. In the fuller light of the New Testament we can see how fitting is the word “given” here rather than “born”. He who was “Son” became “seed of David according to the flesh” (Rom. 1:3); that is, by His birth of the virgin. Hence His Sonship preceded His birth, and, as the fruit of inspiration, the prophecy was so worded as to be in harmony with the truth later to be revealed. (“Isaiah 9” by F.B. Hole)

• The government is to rest on the shoulder of Immanuel, and the full import of the name is now given to us under five headings. The first is “Wonderful”; that is, Singular and beyond all powers of human scrutiny. Then He is “Counselor”; One involved in the counseling which precedes Divine acts, as for instance, “Let Us make man...” (Gen. 1:26). This must be so inasmuch as He is “Mighty God”. Again, being so, when He takes flesh and blood, His name of course must be “God with us”. Moreover, He is “Father of eternity”, as more literally the words read. Eternity has its origin in Him. The ascription of Deity to the Child born could not be more distinct. (“Isaiah 9” by F.B. Hole)

• He is “Prince of peace”, the only One who, in this rebellious world, can establish it upon a permanent basis. This He will do by the warrior judgments predicted in verses 4 and 5. (“Isaiah 9” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name is called Wonderfula, Counsellor, Mighty *God, Father of Eternityb, Prince of Peace.

JND Translation Notes

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See Judg. 13.18.

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Or "Father of the age."