Isaiah 9:6-7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful… As Jacob conferred the birthright and blessing of his race upon the sons of Joseph by saying, "Let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac" (Genesis 43:16); or as the children of Israel in the wilderness were warned to obey the angel who went before them, because the "name of Jehovah was in him"; so the name of God, wonderful in counsel, mighty in work, the Father of their fathers and of their children for a thousand generations, the Eternal Upholder of their race and their nation and of its prosperity and peace, shall be named upon, shall be in, this anointed Saviour, on whose shoulder the government shall rest. (Sir E. Strachey, Bart.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. |
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