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Isaiah 9:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For you have shattered their oppressive yoke and the rod on their shoulders, the staff of their oppressor, just as you did on the day of Midian.

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I will break Assyria  in my land; I will tread him down on my mountain. Then his yoke will be taken from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulders.


On that day – this is the declaration of the  Lord of Armies – I will break his yoke from your neck and tear off your chains, and strangers will never again enslave him.


For I will now break off his yoke from you and tear off your shackles.


and you will be established on a foundation of righteousness. You will be far from oppression, you will certainly not be afraid; you will be far from terror, it will certainly not come near you.


I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they will be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. Then all humanity will know that I, the Lord, am your Saviour, and your Redeemer,  the Mighty One of Jacob.’


I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, so that you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the bars of your yoke  and enabled you to live in freedom.


You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will break his yoke from your neck.


Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger – the staff in their hands is my wrath.


But you have forgotten the  Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You are in constant dread all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, who has set himself to destroy. But where is the fury of the oppressor?


I was angry with my people; I profaned my possession, and I handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.


For every trampling boot of battle and the bloodied garments of war will be burned as fuel for the fire.


Let my refugees stay with you; be a refuge for Moab  from the aggressor. When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ended, and marauders have vanished from the land,


Stand up, shake the dust off yourself! Take your seat, Jerusalem. Remove the bonds  from your neck, captive Daughter Zion.’


Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations, everyone who knows his name. Say, ‘How the mighty sceptre  is shattered, the glorious staff! ’


Therefore the Lord God of Armies will inflict an emaciating disease on the well-fed of Assyria, and he will kindle a burning fire under its glory.





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