Isaiah 9:4

New International Reader's Version

You set Israel free from Midian long ago. In the same way, you will break the heavy yoke that weighs Israel down. You will break the wooden beams that are on their shoulders. You will break the rods of those who strike them down.

Cross References

Genesis 27:40

You will live by using the sword. And you will serve your brother. But you will grow restless. Then you will throw off the heavy load he has caused you to carry.”

Psalm 125:3

Evil people will not always rule the land the Lord gave to those who do right. If they did, those who do right might do what is evil.

Psalm 81:6

The voice said, “I removed the load from your shoulders. I set your hands free from carrying heavy baskets.

Isaiah 10:16

So the Lord who rules over all will send a sickness. The Lord will send it on the king of Assyria’s strong fighting men. It will make them weaker and weaker. The army he was so proud of will be completely destroyed. It will be as if it had been burned up in a fire.

Isaiah 10:5

The Lord says, “How terrible it will be for the people of Assyria! They are the war club that carries out my anger.

Isaiah 14:25

I will crush the Assyrians in my land. On my mountains I will walk all over them. The yokes they put on my people will be removed. The heavy load they put on their shoulders will be taken away.”

Isaiah 16:4

Let those who have run away from Moab stay with you. Keep them safe from those who are trying to destroy them.” Those who crush others will be destroyed. The killing will stop. The attackers will disappear from the earth.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people. I treated them as if they did not belong to me. I handed them over to you. And you did not show them any pity. You even placed heavy loads on their old people.

Isaiah 49:26

I will make those who treat you badly eat the flesh of others. They will drink blood and get drunk on it as if it were wine. Then everyone on earth will know that I am the one who saves you. I am the Lord. I set you free. I am the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Isaiah 51:13

How can you forget me? I made you. I stretch out the heavens. I lay the foundations of the earth. Why are you terrified every day? Is it because those who are angry with you are crushing you? Is it because they are trying to destroy you? Their anger can’t harm you anymore.

Isaiah 52:2

Get up, Jerusalem! Shake off your dust. Take your place on your throne. Captured people of Zion, remove the chains from your neck.

Isaiah 54:14

When you do what is right, you will be made secure. Your leaders will not be mean to you. You will not have anything to be afraid of. You will not be terrified anymore. Terror will not come near you.

Isaiah 9:5

Every fighting man’s boot that he wore in battle will be burned up. So will every piece of clothing covered with blood. All of them will be thrown into the fire.

Jeremiah 30:8

“ ‘At that time I will break the yoke off their necks,’ announces the Lord who rules over all. ‘I will tear off the ropes that hold them. People from other lands will not make them slaves anymore.

Jeremiah 48:17

All you who live around it, mourn for its people. Be sad, you who know how famous Moab is. Say, ‘Its powerful ruler’s scepter is broken! His glorious scepter is smashed.’

Leviticus 26:13

I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. I did not want you to be slaves in Egypt anymore. I threw off your heavy load. I helped you walk with your heads held high.

Nahum 1:13

Now I will break Assyria’s yoke off your neck. I will tear off the ropes that hold you.”