Isaiah 9:6 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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ASV

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, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

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Commentary

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Ambrose of Milan

Exposition of the Christian Faith 3.7.52-53 (397)

Christ, then, is the beginning of our virtue. He is the beginning of purity, who taught maidens not to look for the embraces of humanity but to yield the purity of their bodies and minds to the service of the Holy Spirit rather than to a husband. Christ is the beginning of frugality, for he became poor, though he was rich. Christ is the beginning of patience, for when he was reviled, he reviled not again. When he was struck, he did not strike back. Christ is the beginning of humility, for he took the form of a servant, though in the majesty of his power he was equal with God the Father. From him each various virtue has taken its origin.For this cause, then, that we might learn these different virtues, "a son was given us, whose beginning was upon his shoulder." That "beginning" is the Lord's cross—the beginning of strong courage, wherewith a way has been opened for the holy martyrs to enter the sufferings of the holy war.

Bede

Homilies on the Gospels 1:23 (735)

Clothed in flesh, [Christ] descended into the water as "an angel of great counsel," that is, as a herald of the Father's will to Jewish people. By his deeds and his teaching he moved sinners, so that he would be killed—he who, by his bodily …

Ambrose of Milan

On the Blessings of the Patriarchs 6.31 (397)

Therefore, in order to call the Gentiles to the grace of his resurrection (for it is indeed a rich and fertile land that produces eternal fruits, fruits a hundred and sixty times over), he subjected his shoulder to work, subjecting himself to the cross, in order to carry our sins. And so the Prophet says: His authority is on his shoulder (Isaiah 9:6), that is, the power of divinity over the bodily passion, or the cross surpassing the body. Therefore, he placed his shoulder on the plow, enduring all insults, subjected to labor in such a way that he was wounded because of our iniquities, and weakened because of our sins.

Bonaventure

Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 3 (1257)

Supposing I wanted to know how the Word of God can be the Restorer: Isaiah speaks of it: "A child is born to us, a son is given us; upon His shoulder dominion rests. They name Him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace." He it …

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Ambrose of Milan

On the Holy Spirit 3.2.9 (397)

And not only did the Father send the Son but also gave him, as the Son himself gave himself. For we read, "Grace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins." If they think that the Son was subjected to God because he was sent, they cannot deny that it was of grace that he was given. But he was given by the Father, as Isaiah said: "Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given."

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
יֶ֣לֶד	Ye.led	a child	H3206 →
יֻלַּד־	yu.lad-	he will be born	H3205 →
לָ֗נוּ	La.nu	to us
בֵּ֚ן	ben	a son	H1121 →
נִתַּן־	ni.tan-	he will be given	H5414 →
לָ֔נוּ	La.nu	to us
וַתְּהִ֥י	va.te.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
הַמִּשְׂרָ֖ה	ha.mis.Rah	the dominion	H4951 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
שִׁכְמ֑וֹ	shikh.Mo	shoulder his	H7926 →
וַיִּקְרָ֨א	vai.yik.Ra'	and someone called	H7121 →
שְׁמ֜וֹ	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →
פֶּ֠לֶא	Pe.le'	a wonder	H6382 →
יוֹעֵץ֙	yo.'Etz	a counselor	H3289 →
אֵ֣ל	'el	God	H410 →
גִּבּ֔וֹר	gi.Bor	mighty	H1368 →
אֲבִיעַ֖ד	'a.vi.'Ad	father of perpetuity	H1 →H5703 →
שַׂר־	sar-	prince of	H8269 →
שָׁלֽוֹם׃	sha.Lom	peace	H7965 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 1:23
“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
leads to
- Isaiah 7:14
  Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- Isaiah 9:6–7
  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…
Through
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
leads to
- Matthew 1:23
  “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- John 1:14
  The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
leads to
- John 3:35
  The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
- 1 Peter 3:22
  who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Matthew 11:27
  All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses…
- Ephesians 1:20–22
  which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

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