“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Isaiah 9 contains 21 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.