isaiah-9:6-luke-1:31

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Isaiah 9:6

Five Sermons A Christmas Question His Name--The Everlasting Father His Name--Wonderful His Name--Counselor His Name--Mighty God A Christmas Question by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "To us a child is born, to us a Son is given." Isaiah 9:6 Upon other occasions I have explained the main part of this verse--"the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." But this morning the portion which we will focus our... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:1-21

Chapter 9Now as we get into chapter 9, he said,Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her that was by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in the Galilee of the nations ( Isaiah 9:1 ).Now the invasion, of course, began with the north and the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali wherein the northern part, the upper Galilee regions. There's where the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:1-21

Isaiah 9:1 . The dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation. Dr. Lightfoot infers from this, that there was much greater affliction in the first days of her vexation. All the Versions differ very widely here, a proof of the difficulty arising from the brevity and consequent obscurity of the text. Joseph Mede refers the words to the close of the preseding chapter. When at first he lightly debased the land of Zebulon and of Naphthali, as recorded in 2 Kings 15:29; and afterwards did... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 9:1-7

Isaiah 9:1-7Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexationThe prophecy explainedLet me venture to give what I conceive to be the true rendering of the prophecy--a rendering which at least in its main particulars has the support of the best modern interpreters--and the striking beauty and force and consistency of the whole will become evident.The prophet has been speaking in the previous chapter of a time of terrible distress and perplexity which was close at hand. King and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 9:6-7

Isaiah 9:6-7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is givenThe “child” Hezekiah--yet someone elseI am unable to form any distinct notion of Isaiah as a man and a Hebrew, and as a prophet of Jehovah in contrast with those muttering wizards he denounces, without supposing that, at this period of his life and ministry, he must have connected the thought of “the child” with Hezekiah, on whom the name of the Mighty God had been actually named (“Hezekiah” means “Jehovah strengthens”), and who... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 9:6

Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Ver. 6. For unto us a child is born. ] That child foretold of. Isa 7:14 Christ shall be born in the fulness of time, as sure as if he were born already. This was "good tidings of great joy to all people." Luk 2:10 The Hebrew besher, for good tidings, cometh of bashar, for ... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 9:6

For unto: Isaiah 7:14, Luke 1:35, Luke 2:11 unto us a son: John 1:14, John 3:16, John 3:17, Romans 8:32, 1 John 4:10-2 Chronicles : the government: Isaiah 22:21, Isaiah 22:22, Psalms 2:6-2 Kings :, Psalms 110:1-Numbers :, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Zechariah 6:12, Zechariah 6:13, Zechariah 9:9, Zechariah 9:10, Matthew 11:27, Matthew 28:18, 1 Corinthians 15:25, Ephesians 1:21, Ephesians 1:22, Revelation 19:16 his name: Isaiah 7:14, Judges 13:18, *marg. Jeremiah 31:22, Matthew 1:23, 1... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.For — Having spoken of the glorious light, and joy, and victory of God's people, he now proceeds to shew the ground of it.Us — Unto us Jews, of whom Christ was born, and to whom he was primarily sent.A child — The Messiah by the consent of interpreters, not only Christian, but Jewish:... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:6

6. For unto us Jews first, then all the world. A child is born The antitype of the child of chap. vii; a child of the Davidic house, as asserted in next verse. Unto us Or for us for our benefit. A son is given In chap. vii the child is given as a sign, but here as a gift of grace. He is the anointed Son of God. Psalms 2:7. It would seem, according to Hebrews 2:14, that he is partaker of the same nature with the children of Isaiah 8:18. Government shall be upon his shoulder ... read more