Isaiah 9:4

For every boot of the tramping warrior in the battleʼs tumult, 1 and simlah (garments) megolalah (rolled) in damim (blood) 1 shall be for burning and 1 ma'acholet eish (food for fire). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

In Context

3For Thou hast broken the ol (yoke) of his burden, 1 and the mateh (staff) of his shoulder, 1 the shevet hanogesh (rod of the task master) of him, 1 as in the yom of Midyan. + 9:3 See Judg 7:25 1

5For unto us a yeled is born, 1 unto us ben is given; 1 and the misrah (dominion) shall be upon his shoulder; 1 and Shmo shall be called 1 Peleh (Wonderful), Yoetz (Counsellor), El Gibbor (Mighty G-d), 1 Avi Ad (Possessor of Eternity), Sar Shalom (Prince of Peace). 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:13I am Hashem Eloheichem, which brought you forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, that ye should not be their avadim; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you walk head held high.

Judges 7:22And the three hundred blew the shofarot, and Hashem caused every manʼs cherev to be against his re'a, even throughout all the machaneh; and the machaneh fled to Beit-Sheetah in Tzererah, and to the border of Avel-Mecholah, by Tabat.

Psalms 83:9Assyria also is joined with them; 1 they are the zero'a (strong arm) of the Bnei Lot. 1 Selah 1

Isaiah 10:5O Ashur, the rod of Mine anger, 1 in whose yad is the mateh of My wrath. 1

Isaiah 10:26And Hashem Tzva'os shall stir up a shot (whip) for him as when He struck down Midyan at the Tzur Orev; and as His matteh was over the yam, so shall He raise it after the manner of Mitzrayim.

Isaiah 14:25That I will break Ashur (the Assyrian) in My land, 1 and upon My harim (mountains) trample him under foot; 1 then shall his yoke depart from off them, 1 and his burden be removed from off their shekhem (shoulder). 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:2-8

Judgment and Mercy; The Promise of Gospel Grace; The Promise of Messiah; The Titles of Messiah. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light… Read the whole commentary →

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