For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
⛓ Read Isaiah 9 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'The throne of his father David... no end to his Kingdom' closely echoes Isaiah 9:7, 'of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David.' The 'no end' phrase is distinctive and reinforces the messianic-throne reading alongside 2 Samuel 7.
High confidenceEcho2
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'He is our peace' resonates with the messianic 'Prince of Peace' whose government brings unending peace. The identification of the Messiah personally with peace coheres strongly with Isaiah's peace-bringing royal child.
Medium confidence'That in me you may have peace' amid tribulation evokes the messianic 'Prince of Peace' whose government brings peace without end. The peace-in-the-Son motif coheres with John's farewell shalom (cf. 14:27), though volume here is low.
Low confidence