For a child has been born for us,
    a son given to us;
authority rests upon his shoulders;
    and he is named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
[Isaiah 9:6]

Lorenzo Lotto, The Nativity, 1523, oil on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection.

Listen:

“For Unto Us A Child Is Born”
From “Messiah” by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Wermlandsensemblen of Värmland, Sweden