Isaiah 9:4

Good News Translation

For you have broken the yoke that burdened them and the rod that beat their shoulders. You have defeated the nation that oppressed and exploited your people, just as you defeated the army of Midian long ago.

Cross References

Genesis 27:40

You will live by your sword, But be your brother's slave. Yet when you rebel, You will break away from his control.”

Psalm 125:3

The wicked will not always rule over the land of the righteous; if they did, the righteous themselves might do evil.

Psalm 81:6

“I took the burdens off your backs; I let you put down your loads of bricks.

Isaiah 10:16

The Lord Almighty is going to send disease to punish those who are now well-fed. In their bodies there will be a fire that burns and burns.

Isaiah 10:5

The Lord said, “Assyria! I use Assyria like a club to punish those with whom I am angry.

Isaiah 14:25

I will destroy the Assyrians in my land of Israel and trample them on my mountains. I will free my people from the Assyrian yoke and from the burdens they have had to bear.

Isaiah 16:4

Let us stay in your land. Protect us from those who want to destroy us.” (Oppression and destruction will end, and those who are devastating the country will be gone.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people; I treated them as no longer mine: I put them in your power, and you showed them no mercy; even the aged you treated harshly.

Isaiah 49:26

I will make your oppressors kill each other; they will be drunk with murder and rage. Then all people will know that I am the Lord, the one who saves you and sets you free. They will know that I am Israel's powerful God.”

Isaiah 51:13

Have you forgotten the Lord who made you, who stretched out the heavens and laid the earth's foundations? Why should you live in constant fear of the fury of those who oppress you, of those who are ready to destroy you? Their fury can no longer touch you.

Isaiah 52:2

Shake yourself free, Jerusalem! Rise from the dust and sit on your throne! Undo the chains that bind you, captive people of Zion!

Isaiah 54:14

Justice and right will make you strong. You will be safe from oppression and terror.

Isaiah 9:5

The boots of the invading army and all their bloodstained clothing will be destroyed by fire.

Jeremiah 30:8

The Lord Almighty says, “When that day comes, I will break the yoke that is around their neck and remove their chains, and they will no longer be the slaves of foreigners.

Jeremiah 48:17

“Mourn for that nation, you that live nearby, all of you that know its fame. Say, ‘Its powerful rule has been broken; its glory and might are no more.’

Leviticus 26:13

I, the Lord your God, brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves. I broke the power that held you down and I let you walk with your head held high.”

Nahum 1:13

I will now end Assyria's power over you and break the chains that bind you.”