Isaiah 9:3
You have enlarged the nation
What it says
God multiplies the nation and fills it with joy like harvest celebration and victory spoil.
What it is doing
This verse portrays salvation as expansive communal joy.
In context
1Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations: 2The people walking in darkness 3You have enlarged the nation 4For as in the day of Midian 5For every trampling boot of battle 6For unto us a child is born, 7Of the increase of His government and peace