Isaiah 9:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

That will happen because you will lift the heavy yoke off their shoulders and take away their heavy burden. You will take away the rod that the enemy used to punish your people, as you did when you defeated Midian.

Cross References

Isaiah 14:25

I will destroy the king of Assyria in my country. I will walk on him on my mountains. He forced my people to be his slaves; he put a yoke on their necks. But that pole will be taken off Judah’s neck, and that burden will be removed.

Jeremiah 30:8

“At that time,” says the Lord All-Powerful, “I will break the yoke from the necks of the people of Israel and Judah, and I will break the ropes holding you. People from foreign countries will never again force my people to be slaves.

Nahum 1:13

Now I will set you free from the power of Assyria. I will take the yoke off your neck and tear away the chains holding you.”

Isaiah 54:14

You will be built on goodness. You will be safe from cruelty and fear. So you will have nothing to fear. Nothing will come to hurt you.

Isaiah 49:26

Those people hurt you, but I will force them to eat their own bodies. Their own blood will be the wine that makes them drunk. Then everyone will know that the Lord saved you. Everyone will know that the Powerful One of Jacob saved you.”

Leviticus 26:13

I am the Lord your God. You were slaves in Egypt, but I brought you out of Egypt. You were bent low from the heavy weights you carried as slaves, but I broke the poles that were on your shoulders. I let you walk proudly again.

Genesis 27:40

You will have to fight to live, and you will be a slave to your brother. But when you fight to be free, you will break away from his control.”

Isaiah 10:5

The Lord says, “I will use Assyria like a stick. In my anger I will use Assyria to punish Israel.

Psalm 125:3

The wicked will not always control the land of those who do right. If they did, even those who do right might start doing wrong.

Isaiah 51:13

“I, the Lord, am the one who made you. With my power I made the earth and spread the sky over the earth. But you have forgotten me, so you are always afraid that angry men will hurt you. Those men planned to destroy you, but where are they now?

Isaiah 47:6

“I was angry with my people. They were mine, but I turned against them. I let you punish them, but you showed them no mercy. Even for those who were old you made the work hard.

Psalm 81:6

“I took the load from your shoulder. I let you drop the worker’s basket.

Isaiah 9:5

Every boot that marched in battle and every uniform stained with blood will be destroyed and thrown into the fire.

Isaiah 16:4

People from Moab were forced to leave their homes. So let them live in your land. Hide them from their enemies.” The robbing will stop. The enemy will be defeated. The men who hurt the people will be gone from the land.

Isaiah 52:2

Jerusalem, get up and shake off the dust! Daughter Zion, you were a prisoner, but take the chains off your neck.

Jeremiah 48:17

All you who live around Moab should cry for that country. You know how famous Moab is. So cry for it. Say, ‘The ruler’s power is broken. Moab’s power and glory are gone.’

Isaiah 10:16

But Assyria doesn’t understand this. So the Lord GOD All-Powerful will send a terrible disease against him. He will lose his wealth and power like a sick man losing weight. Then Assyria’s glory will be destroyed. It will be like a fire burning until everything is gone.