Isaiah 9:4

Isaiah 9:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For You have broken the yoke of his burden And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor, As in the day of Midian.

Context of Isaiah 9:4

2The people who walk in the dark now see a bright light! Light is shining on those people who live in a land of complete darkness. 3You, Lord, will make your nation stronger. You will cause your people to be very happy. They will be happy because you are with them. They will be like people who are happy at the time of harvest. They will be happy like soldiers who have won a battle, and who share their enemy's valuable things among themselves. They are happy because you have removed the power of their cruel enemies. They no longer have to carry a heavy load, as slaves. You have rescued them from their enemies, in the same way that you won against Midian's army. 5Fire will destroy every shoe that the soldiers wore to march into the battle. Their clothes which have the blood of war on them will also go into the fire. 6Yes, your people are happy! A child has been born for us. We now have a son with the authority to rule. His names will be: Wonderful Advisor, Mighty God, Father for Ever, Ruler who brings Peace.

Isaiah 9:4 word by word

כִּ֣י׀ אֶת־עֹ֣ל סֻבֳּל֗וֹ וְאֵת֙ מַטֵּ֣ה שִׁכְמ֔וֹ שֵׁ֖בֶט הַנֹּגֵ֣שׂ בּ֑וֹ הַחִתֹּ֖תָ כְּי֥וֹם מִדְיָֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thou hast brokenחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• the yokeעֹל‛ôl ‛ôl · yokeH5923
• of his burdenסֹ֫בֶלsôbel sûbbâl · burdenH5448
• and the staffמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribe: rodH4294
• of his shoulderשְׁכֶםshekem · shoulderH7926
• the rodשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribe: staffH7626
• of his oppressorנָגַשׂnâgaώ · to oppressH5065
• as in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of Midianמִדְיָןmidyân · MidianH4080

Cross-references for Isaiah 9:4

• Isaiah 14:25I will destroy the Assyrians who are in my land. I will knock them down on my mountains. They will no longer be cruel to my people. My people will not be their slaves any more.
• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my own people. They belonged to me as my special people, but I punished them like ordinary people. I gave you the power to hurt them, and you were not kind to them. You were very cruel to old people.
• Genesis 27:40You will have to fight to get the things that you need. You will serve your brother as your master. But when you choose to turn against him, you will become free from his power over you.’
• Leviticus 26:13I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. You will not be the slaves of people in Egypt. I saved you so that you need not be ashamed.
• Jeremiah 30:8The Lord Almighty says this: ‘When that day comes, I will break the yoke that is around your necks. I will remove the ropes that tie your legs. My people will no longer be slaves under the power of foreign people.
• Nahum 1:13Now I will make you free from the people from Nineveh. And I will break the things that are holding you like iron.’
• Isaiah 10:5It will be very bad for Assyria! I will use its army to punish my people, because I am angry with them. Assyria will be like a stick that I use to beat my people. That is how I will show them my anger.
• Isaiah 14:3At that time, the Lord will let you live safely, without trouble and without pain. You will no longer have to work for cruel people, as their slaves.
• Isaiah 30:31When the Lord shouts, his command will destroy the Assyrian army. He will knock them down with his heavy stick.
• Psalms 125:3Wicked people will not rule over God's own people. They will not rule the land where righteous people live. If they did, the righteous people might also do bad things.
• Isaiah 10:26Yes, the Lord Almighty will punish the Assyrians, like someone who uses a whip to beat them. That is how he destroyed the Midianites at the Rock of Oreb. He will hold his stick over the sea. He will lift it up as he did in Egypt.
• Judges 6:1The Israelites did things that the Lord saw were evil. So the Lord put them under the power of the Midianites for seven years.
• Judges 7:22When Gideon's 300 men made a noise with their trumpets, it confused the Midianites everywhere in their camp. The Lord caused them to attack one another with their swords. Their army ran away to Beth Shittah, on the road towards Zererah. They ran as far as the border of Abel Meholah, near Tabbath.
• Judges 8:10Zebah and Zalmunna had 15,000 men with them in Karkor. They were the only men left of their great army from the east. 120,000 of their soldiers had died in the battle.
• Psalms 83:9God, punish them as you punished Midian. Do what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon.

Commentaries on Isaiah 9:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For thou hast broken - This verse, and the following, show the way in which the occasion of the joy had been furnished. The expression thou hast‘ does not necessarily refer to the past, but is a form of expression derived from the nature of the prophetic visions, where that is described as past which is seen to pass before the eyes of the prophet; see the Introduction, section 7. The yoke - This word is often used to denote oppression, or tyranny…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The people experienced the rule of other nations as a yoke of slavery and a heavy burden. A yoke is a wooden bar placed on animals to control them. Here it describes harsh control and forced labor (Jeremiah 30:8). the rod of their oppressor: In Isaiah 10:5, the Assyrians are called “the rod of [the Lord’s] anger.” This means God used Assyria to punish his people. But God’s anger would not last forever. When his anger ended, Assyria’s cruel rule over Judah…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. The occasion of the "joy," the deliverance not only of Ahaz and Judah from the Assyrian tribute (2Ki 16:8), and of Israel's ten tribes from the oppressor (2Ki 15:19), but of the Jewish Christian Church from its last great enemy. hast--the past time for the future, in prophetic vision; it expresses the certainty of the event. yoke of his burden--the yoke with which he was burdened. staff of ... shoulder--the staff which strikes his shoulder [Maurer]; or…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 9:4

• Church
• Gentiles
• Isaiah
• Scepter (Sceptre)
• Yoke

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Isaiah 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings