Isaiah 14:25
23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
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.
26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot on my mountains. Then his yoke will leave them, and his burden leave their shoulders.
- ASV
- 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 shoulder.
- DARBY
- to break the Assyrian in my land; and upon my mountains will I tread him under foot; and his yoke shall depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
- BLB
- To break Assyria in My land, and on My mountains I will trample him! And his yoke will be turned aside from them and his burden will be turned aside from their shoulders.”
- ÅB
- Jeg vil knuse Assur i mitt land og trede ham ned på mine fjell, og hans åk skal tas fra dem, og hans byrde skal løftes fra deres skulder.
- OTB
- Jeg vil knuse assyreren i mitt land; på mine fjell vil jeg trampe ham ned. Hans åk vil bli fjernet fra mitt folk, og hans byrde fra deres skuldre."
- B1930
- Jeg vil knuse Assur i mitt land og trede ham ned på mine fjell, og hans åk skal tas fra dem, og hans byrde skal løftes fra deres skulder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 9:4
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 37:36–38
Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Read in contextNahum 1:13
For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:12
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:32–34
As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:30–33
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:16–19
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:5
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
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