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Isaiah 9:6

ISAIAH—NOTE ON Isaiah 9:6 to us. A gift of divine grace to sinners. a child... a son. This is the invincible figure of vv. Isaiah 9:4 (see Psalms 2:7; Luke 1:32). born... given. Isaiah presents the events as if it were the time of the child’s arrival, with an expectation of what he will achieve (Isaiah 9:7). Wonderful Counselor. A “counselor” is one who is able to make wise plans (see Isaiah 11:2). He is a ruler whose wisdom is beyond human capabilities. Mighty God. A title for the Lord (Isaiah 10:20; Deuteronomy 10:17; Nehemiah 9:32; Jeremiah 32:18). Everlasting Father. A kind protector (see Isaiah 22:21), which is the task of the ideal king and is also the way God himself cares for his people (see Isaiah 63:16; Isaiah 64:8; Psalms 103:13). Prince of Peace. He will bring peace (shalom) as the nations rely on his just decisions in their disputes (see Isaiah 2:4; Isaiah 11:6; Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 49:7; Isaiah 52:15).

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FOR UNTO US, &C. The prophecy of the "Divine Interposition" ends with Messiah, even as it began in Isaiah 7:14 (quoted in Luke 2:11). See App-102. IS. Figure of speech _Prolepsis_. GIVEN. The interv...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

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