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Isaiah 9:4–5

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9:4For their oppressive yoke

and the club that strikes their shoulders,

the cudgel the oppressor uses on them,12

you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat.13

9:5Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth14

and every garment dragged through blood

is used as fuel for the fire.

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Footnotes

  1. 12 Heb “for the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the scepter of the oppressor against him.” The singular pronouns are collective, referring to the people. The oppressed nation is compared to an ox weighed down by a heavy yoke and an animal that is prodded and beaten.
  2. 13 This alludes to Gideon’s victory over Midian (Judg 7–8), when the Lord delivered Israel from an oppressive foreign invader.
  3. 14 Heb “Indeed every boot marching with shaking.” On the meaning of סְאוֹן (sé’on, “boot”) and the related denominative verb, both of which occur only here, see סְאוֹן.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For the yoke of his burden,

and the staff for his shoulder,

the rod of his oppressor,

you have broken as on the day of Midian.

For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult

and every garment rolled in blood

will be burned as fuel for the fire.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,

you have shattered

the yoke that burdens them,

the bar across their shoulders,

the rod of their oppressor.

Every warrior’s boot used in battle

and every garment rolled in blood

will be destined for burning,

will be fuel for the fire.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For you have shattered their oppressive yoke

and the rod on their shoulders,

the staff of their oppressor,

just as you did on the day of Midian.

For every trampling boot of battle

and the bloodied garments of war

will be burned as fuel for the fire.

NLTNew Living Translation

For you will break the yoke of their slavery

and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders.

You will break the oppressor’s rod,

just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.

The boots of the warrior

and the uniforms bloodstained by war

will all be burned.

They will be fuel for the fire.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For you have shattered the yoke of its burden

and the stick of its shoulder,

the rod of its oppressor, on the day of Midian.

For every boot that marches and shakes the earth

and garment rolled in blood

will be for burning—fire fuel.

KJV 1900King 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.

For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise,

And garments rolled in blood;

But this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.