Footnote

a Isaiah 9:8–10:4 is made up of four strophes (sections of a rhythmic passage), each ending with the ominous refrain: “In view of all this his anger has not turned back, but his hand is stretched out still.” (Isaiah 9:12, 17, 21; 10:4) This literary device has the effect of binding Isaiah 9:8–10:4 into one composite “word.” (Isaiah 9:8) Note, too, that Jehovah’s “hand is stretched out still,” not to offer reconciliation, but to judge.​—Isaiah 9:13.