Isaiah 9:4
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.This verse in the real world
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In what words
- סֹבֶלçôbela load (figuratively)
- שְׁכֶםshᵉkemthe neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill
- נָגַשׂnâgasto drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrann
- עֹלʻôla yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
- חָתַתchâthathproperly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figurati
- שֵׁבֶטshêbeṭa scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.
- מַטֶּהmaṭṭeha branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figura
- יוֹםyôwma day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 30:8, Isa 14:25, Isa 10:26–27, Nam 1:13, Isa 54:14, Isa 49:26, Isa 14:3–5, Gen 27:40