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Light in the darkness. POETIC PROMISE | Light reaches people in deep darkness. The poem compares rejoicing to harvest and the division of spoil; this is an image of its language, not a newly narrated event.
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Isaiah 9:1-2

Light in the darkness

Light and the Coming King · Isaiah 9

Story guide: Light in the darkness. POETIC PROMISE | Light reaches people in deep darkness.

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1The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those dwelling in a land of deep darkness, light has shone.

2You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy. They rejoice before you as with the joy at harvest, as men exult when they divide spoil.

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