"... we can observe that the entire pericope (LXX Isaiah 9:1–7), which must be taken into account in our analysis of verses 6–7, occurs in a context of an announcement of judgment on “this people,” as well as an anticipation of future hopes for Israel. Also, this context goes beyond Isaiah 1–12. More closely, verses 6–7 are read within an oracle that is applied with greater concreteness (via the translator’s addition of “τὰ μέρη τῆς Ἰουδαίας” in Isaiah 9:1) to the Jews of “the districts of Judea” living in Palestine in the Hellenistic era. This is contrary to the Masoretic text’s reading that sees it in a context which, as Blenkinsopp rightly observes, “speaks of the destiny of the northern kingdom of Israel (Isaiah 8:23).” In verse 1, these Jews are described as “the people walking in darkness” (ὁ λαὸς ὁ πορευόμενος ἐν σκότει) and “dwelling in [the] land and shadow of death” (οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν χώρᾳ καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου). Still in this verse, according to the translator, it is they that are summoned to see the redemptive light (ἴδετε φῶς μέγα) or expect it (φῶς λάμψει ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς). This message of their salvation is also observed in verses 4-5 where the translator sees the removal of their socio-economic oppression ..."