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

I will break Assyria in my land, I will trample them underfoot on my hills. Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders.

I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.

You will live by your sword but you will serve your brother. When you grow restless, you will tear off his yoke from your neck."

I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from being their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and caused you to walk upright.

When the time for them to be rescued comes," says the Lord who rules over all, "I will rescue you from foreign subjugation. I will deliver you from captivity. Foreigners will then no longer subjugate them.

And now, I will break Assyria's yoke bar from your neck; I will tear apart the shackles that are on you."

The staff

Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.

When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,

Indeed, the Lord's shout will shatter Assyria; he will beat them with a club.

Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.

As in the day

The Lord who commands armies is about to beat them with a whip, similar to the way he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will use his staff against the sea, lifting it up as he did in Egypt.

The Israelites did evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord turned them over to Midian for seven years.

When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords throughout the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed.

Do to them as you did to Midian -- as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!

General references

The Lord has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.