Isaiah 9:4
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 9
“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.”Isaiah 9:4
What Does Isaiah 9:4 Mean?
Isaiah 9:4 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 9, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 9:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 10:27“And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.”Psalms 81:6“I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.”Isaiah 14:25“That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.”Jeremiah 30:8“For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:”Isaiah 10:26“And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.”Nahum 1:13“For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.”Isaiah 54:14“In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.”Isaiah 49:26“And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.”Isaiah 14:3“And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,”Genesis 27:40“And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.”Leviticus 26:13“I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.”Isaiah 30:31“For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.”Judges 6:1“And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.”Judges 7:22“And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.”Judges 8:10“Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.”Psalms 72:4“He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.”Psalms 83:9“Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:”Psalms 125:3“For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.”Proverbs 22:8“He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.”Isaiah 10:5“O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.”
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