Isaiah 9:3

New American Bible - revised edition

For the yoke that burdened them, the pole on their shoulder, The rod of their taskmaster, you have smashed, as on the day of Midian.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:23

You made their children as numerous as the stars of the heavens, and you brought them into the land which you had commanded their ancestors to enter and possess.

Job 12:23

He makes nations great and destroys them, spreads peoples abroad and abandons them.

Psalm 107:38

God blessed them, and they increased greatly, and their livestock did not decrease.

Psalm 119:162

I rejoice at your promise, as one who has found rich spoil.

Psalm 4:7

Many say, “May we see better times! Lord, show us the light of your face!” Selah

Isaiah 10:26

Then the Lord of hosts will raise against them a scourge such as struck Midian at the rock of Oreb; and he will raise his staff over the sea as he did in Egypt.

Isaiah 12:1

On that day, you will say: I give you thanks, O Lord; though you have been angry with me, your anger has abated, and you have consoled me.

Isaiah 14:5

The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the staff of the tyrants

Isaiah 25:9

On that day it will be said: “Indeed, this is our God; we looked to him, and he saved us! This is the Lord to whom we looked; let us rejoice and be glad that he has saved us!”

Isaiah 26:15

You have increased the nation, Lord, you have increased the nation, have added to your glory, you have extended far all the boundaries of the land.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning flee away.

Isaiah 35:2

Like the crocus it shall bloom abundantly, and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.

Isaiah 54:1

Raise a glad cry, you barren one who never bore a child, break forth in jubilant song, you who have never been in labor, For more numerous are the children of the deserted wife than the children of her who has a husband, says the Lord.

Isaiah 55:12

Yes, in joy you shall go forth, in peace you shall be brought home; Mountains and hills shall break out in song before you, all trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Isaiah 61:10

I will rejoice heartily in the Lord, my being exults in my God; For he has clothed me with garments of salvation, and wrapped me in a robe of justice, Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Isaiah 61:7

Because their shame was twofold and disgrace was proclaimed their portion, They will possess twofold in their own land; everlasting joy shall be theirs.

Isaiah 65:14

My servants shall shout for joy of heart, But you shall cry out for grief of heart, and howl for anguish of spirit.

Isaiah 65:18

Instead, shout for joy and be glad forever in what I am creating. Indeed, I am creating Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight;

Isaiah 66:10

Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad because of her, all you who love her; Rejoice with her in her joy, all you who mourn over her—

Jeremiah 31:7

For thus says the Lord: Shout with joy for Jacob, exult at the head of the nations; proclaim your praise and say: The Lord has saved his people, the remnant of Israel.

Hosea 4:7

The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against me, I will change their glory into shame.

Leviticus 26:13

I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be their slaves no more, breaking the bars of your yoke and making you walk erect. The Punishment of Disobedience.

Zechariah 10:8

I will whistle for them and gather them in; for I will redeem them and they will be as numerous as before.

Zechariah 2:11

Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell in daughter Babylon!

Zechariah 8:23

Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten people from nations of every language will take hold, yes, will take hold of the cloak of every Judahite and say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”

Luke 11:22

But when one stronger than he attacks and overcomes him, he takes away the armor on which he relied and distributes the spoils.

Acts 8:8

There was great joy in that city. Simon the Magician.

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!

1 Peter 1:8

Although you have not seen him you love him; even though you do not see him now yet believe in him, you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

Judges 5:3

Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing, I will sing to the Lord, I will make music to the Lord, the God of Israel.

Judges 7:22

When they blew the three hundred horns, the Lord set the sword of one against another throughout the camp, and they fled as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zeredah, near the border of Abel-meholah at Tabbath.

Judges 8:12

Zebah and Zalmunna fled and Gideon pursued them. He captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, terrifying the entire force.

1 Samuel 30:16

So he led them down, and there were the Amalekites lounging all over the ground, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of all the rich plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. The Plunder Recovered.