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Isaiah 9 General Notes
Structure and formatting
This chapter begins with a prophecy that is a continuation of the prophecy concluding the previous chapter. Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in 9:1-21. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet)
Special concepts in this chapter
Messiah
The prophecy in 9:1-7 is about the coming Messiah. Parts of this prophecy were fulfilled when he first came to earth. Other parts are to be fulfilled when he will return in glory to earth. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fulfill)
Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter
Fulfillment of prophecies
Some of the prophecies in this chapter were fulfilled in Isaiah's lifetime while others are fulfilled in the distant future. Some scholars believe that there can be multiple fulfillments of each of these prophecies, while others see only one complete fulfillment.