Isaiah 9:2

World English Bible (2000)

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.

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  • Matt 4:16 : 16 the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned."
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us, 79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel."
  • John 8:12 : 12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
  • Job 10:21 : 21 before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
  • Ps 107:10 : 10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
  • Isa 9:1 : 1 But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and rely on his God.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 "Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of Yahweh is risen on you. 2 For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you. 3 Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
  • Isa 60:19 : 19 The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but Yahweh will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 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. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth. 7 But 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, cleanses us from all sin.
  • Eph 5:13-14 : 13 But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light. 14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,
  • Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Don't rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me. 9 I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness.
  • Ps 107:14 : 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.

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    14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

    15 "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

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    1 But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

  • Luke 1:78-79
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    78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,

    79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."

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    30 for my eyes have seen your salvation,

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    2 For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.

    3 Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

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    22 and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.

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    5 House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.

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    5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.

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    35 Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.

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    22 the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.'"

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    16 Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.

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    8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it falls on Israel.

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    19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

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    12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."

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    15 Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

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    9 Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

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    10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

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    2 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

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    8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

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    17 For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

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    6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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    16 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

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    19 The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but Yahweh will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.

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    14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.