Isaiah 9:7-9

Common English Bible

⁷ There will be vast authority and endless peace
    for David’s throne and for his kingdom,
    establishing and sustaining it
    with justice and righteousness
    now and forever.

⁸ The Lord sent a word against Jacob;
    it fell upon Israel;
⁹     the people all knew it—
    Ephraim and the one who rules in Samaria.
But with a proud and arrogant heart they said,