God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 14:25
25I’ll crush Assyria on my land. I’ll trample it underfoot on my mountains. Then its yoke will be removed from my people, and its burden will be removed from their shoulders.”
Isaiah 14:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
- New International Version (NIV)I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains trample him underfoot; and his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden from their shoulder."
- New King James Version (NKJV)That I will break the Assyrian in My land, And on My mountains tread him underfoot. Then his yoke shall be removed from them, And his burden removed from their shoulders.
Context of Isaiah 14:25
23“It will become the possession of herons. It will become pools of water. I’ll sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of Armies. 24The Lord of Armies has taken an oath: “It will happen exactly as I’ve intended. It will turn out exactly as I’ve planned. I’ll crush Assyria on my land. I’ll trample it underfoot on my mountains. Then its yoke will be removed from my people, and its burden will be removed from their shoulders.” 26This is the plan determined for the whole earth. This is how he will use his power against all the nations. 27The Lord of Armies has planned it. Who can stop it? He is ready to use his power. Who can turn it back?
Read all of Isaiah 14Isaiah 14:25 word by word
לִשְׁבֹּ֤ר אַשּׁוּר֙ בְּאַרְצִ֔י וְעַל־הָרַ֖י אֲבוּסֶ֑נּוּ וְסָ֤ר מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙ עֻלּ֔וֹ וְסֻ֨בֳּל֔וֹ מֵעַ֥ל שִׁכְמ֖וֹ יָסֽוּר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- That I will breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
- the Assyrianאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
- in my landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- and upon my mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- tread him under footבּוּסbûs · to trampleH947
- then shall his yokeעֹל‛ôl ‛ôl · yokeH5923
- departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
- from off them, and his burdenסֹ֫בֶלsôbel sûbbâl · burdenH5448
- departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
- from off their shouldersשְׁכֶםshekem · shoulderH7926
Cross-references for Isaiah 14:25
- Isaiah 9:4You will break the yoke that burdens them, the bar that is across their shoulders, and the stick used by their oppressor, as ⌞you did in the battle against⌟ Midian.
- Isaiah 10:16That is why the Almighty Lord of Armies will send a degenerative disease against brave men. A flame will be turned into a raging fire under his power.
- Isaiah 17:12How horrible it will be for many people! They will roar like the roaring sea. The noise that the people make will be like the noise from rushing water.
- Isaiah 30:30The Lord will make his majestic voice heard. He will come down with all his might, with furious anger, with fire storms, windstorms, rainstorms, and hailstones.
- Isaiah 31:8Then Assyrians will be killed with swords not made by human hands. Swords not made by human hands will destroy them. They will flee from battle, and their young men will be made to do forced labor.
- Isaiah 37:36The Lord’s angel went out and killed 185,000 ⌞soldiers⌟ in the Assyrian camp. When the Judeans got up early in the morning, they saw all the corpses.
- Ezekiel 39:4You will die on the mountains of Israel with your troops and the armies that are with you. I will let you become food for every bird of prey and for every wild animal.
- Isaiah 14:5The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.
- Isaiah 10:24The Almighty Lord of Armies says: My people who live in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with a rod or when they raise their staff against you as the Egyptians did.
- Nahum 1:13But now I will break Nineveh’s yoke off of you and tear its chains from you.
Commentaries on Isaiah 14:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25I will break the Assyrian - upon my mountains "To crush the Assyrian - on my mountains" - The Assyrians and Babylonians are the same people, Herod. 1:199, 200. Babylon is reckoned the principal city in Assyria, ibid. 178. Strabo says the same thing, lib. 16 sub init. The circumstance of this judgment being to be executed on God's mountains is of importance; it may mean the destruction of Sennacherib's army near Jerusalem, and have a still farther view…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25That I will break - That I will break his power; that I will discomfit and destroy his army. The Assyrian - Sennacherib (see Isaiah 10:33-34). Then shall his yoke - The yoke of the Assyrian (see the note at Isaiah 10:27).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-27Verses 24-27 Let those that make themselves a yoke and a burden to God's people, see what they are to expect. Let those that are the called according to God's purpose, comfort themselves, that whatever God has purposed, it shall stand. The Lord of hosts has purposed to break the Assyrian's yoke; his hand is stretched out to execute this purpose; who has power to turn it back? By such dispensations of providence, the Almighty shows in the most convincing…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25This prophecy told what would happen when Sennacherib attacked Hezekiah some years later in 701 BC (see Isaiah 36–37).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. That--My purpose, namely, "that." break ... yoke--(Is 10:27). my mountains--Sennacherib's army was destroyed on the mountains near Jerusalem (Is 10:33, 34). God regarded Judah as peculiarly His.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 14
- 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
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