Isaiah 9:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

For thou hast broken

The staff

As in the day

Psalm 83:9

General references

Isaiah 14:5

Bible References

For thou hast broken

to break Assyria in My land, and I will trample him on My mountains. Then his yoke will be removed from them and his burden removed from their shoulder.

“I was angry with My people,
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.

“By your sword you shall live,
And your brother you shall serve;
But it shall come about when you become restless,
That you will break his yoke from your neck.”

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.

‘It shall come about on that day,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘that I will break his yoke from off their neck and will tear off their bonds; and strangers will no longer make them their slaves.

“So now, I will break his yoke bar from upon you,
And I will tear off your shackles.”

The staff

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,

And it will be in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved,

For at the voice of the Lord

Assyria will be terrified,

When He strikes with the rod.

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the righteous,
So that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong.

As in the day

The Lord of hosts will arouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.

Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of Midian seven years.

When they blew 300 trumpets, the Lord set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about 15,000 men, all who were left of the entire army of the sons of the east; for the fallen were 120,000 swordsmen.

Deal with them as with Midian,
As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon,

General references

“The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers