Bible verse for December 5

³ You have made the nation many and made its joy great. They are glad in your presence the way people are glad at harvest time, the way they celebrate when they share out the plunder. ⁴ For the yoke that weighed them down, the staff across their shoulders, the rod of the one who drove them—you have smashed them, as on the day of Midian. ⁵ For every warrior’s boot that tramped in the din of battle, and every cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, food for the fire. ⁶ For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us, and authority will rest on his shoulder. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. ⁷ There will be no end to the growth of his authority and to peace, on David’s throne and over his kingdom, to set it firmly in place and uphold it by justice and by righteousness from now on and forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will bring this about. ⁸ The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has come down on Israel. ⁹ All the people will come to know it—Ephraim and those living in Samaria—who say with pride and a heart full of arrogance,

Read all of Isaiah 9