King James Version
Isaiah 9:8 in the King James Version says “The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.”
Isaiah 9:8 · 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.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“a word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“and it hath lighted”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“upon Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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