What does increase really mean?

Isaiah 9:2–3(KJV 1900) — 2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light:They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.3Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy:They joy before thee according to the joy in harvest,And as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

To look at history is really eye opening....most people think history is a boring subject that we dreaded taking in High School....nothing could be further from the truth! History is our greatest asset in life really.....whether we invest in the Stock Market or make any decisions about our future, we would be wise to consult any history regarding that subject we can find.....when you go to see a doctor, they want to know your history for good reason.....Our nation was founded by a number of groups who had various reasons to come over here....by the way, for those who insist we are a people who stole this country, I should like for you to name one nation that wasn't "stolen" at some point in time....I have no disrespect for any nationality, I just deal in reality....anyway, our nation was founded by men and women who had various goals in mind....one thing we can say for a CERTAINTY....GOD HAS BLESSED THIS NATION!!  Many Bible teachers and preachers believe the reason God has blessed this nation is because we have always [hopefully will stay this way] been a help to the Jewish people and nation....even before Israel actually got at least part of their nation back.....If you think about it, we have no good reason to believe it was because of our "ingenuity" or any other human trait that made this nation great....think about it....we were at war with ourselves and should have been very vulnerable to any conglomerate of nations during our civil war period, but alas here we are today, the greatest nation on earth! And yet.....so much discord, so much sorrow, so much depression, so much anxiety, so much anger, so much hatred, so much confusion......look at this verse again: 3Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: 

this is our nation today....God has increased it, but our spiritual condition as a whole seems to be deteriorated.....We have so much....why aren't people happy?? History.....When the Children of Abraham moved into their Promised Land [Israel], God blessed them....they had everything they could ever possibly want....There was no doubt to any of them that the Lord had led them there, defeated their enemies, and blessed them.....yet, without exception, within a couple generations of living apart from any conflict [because of the protection of Almighty God] the leaders of Israel fell back into immoral idol worship....the list of poor kings certainly outnumbers the list of good kings in their history.....now for our nations history....you may not accept it, but there really is no other way of describing America except that God has blessed it....with so much....yet where is the joy?? Tomorrow I will finish this blog with the answer which is given to us in Isaiah 9:1-7

God bless your day!! 

​Pastor Scott