Isaiah 10:27
in Isaiah 10On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
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ASV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Isaiah 10
Commentary
14 notes on this verseA commentator
Gregory the DialogistMorals on the Book of Job, Book 19, Section 24 · Written before 604.
It may be that by the designation of oil the actual anointing of the Holy Spirit is denoted, whereof it is said by the Prophet: "And the yoke shall rot at the presence of the oil." For the yoke doth rot at the presence of the oil, because whilst we are anointed with the grace of the Holy Spirit, we are set free from the bondage of our captivity; and whereas the proud dominion of the evil spirit is thrown off, the yoke is broken in pieces, wherewith the necks of our liberty were borne down.
This site's exposition
O My people who dwell
on Isaiah 10:24-27
The Lord tells His people in Zion "do not fear Assyria," for "in just a little while" His fury will subside. He recalls Midian struck "at the rock of Oreb," then His staff raised over the sea as in Egypt. The yoke "will be broken because your neck will be too large," where the King James renders the same Hebrew word as anointing.
This site's exposition
because your neck will be too large
The last clause reads, in Hebrew, because of oil. Gregory the Dialogist followed the Latin, the yoke rotting before the oil, and read it of the anointing of the Holy Spirit. The Berean pictures the neck of Israel grown too large for the yoke and the burden.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(v. 24 seqq.) Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: Do not fear, my people who dwell in Zion, from Assyria, who shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, as the Egyptians did. For yet a little while and my indignation will be fulfilled and my anger will be directed towards their wickedness. And the Lord of hosts will raise a whip against them, as he did against Midian at the rock of Oreb, and his staff against the sea, and he will lift it up in the manner of the Egyptians.
The Medieval Church2 voices
Third, the liberation that follows is set out, and first, the liberation: his burden shall be taken away: and it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst …
It is said through Moses: "They sucked honey from the rock, and oil from the solid rock." For nothing of this kind is read according to history, if the whole sequence of the Old Testament is reviewed. Nowhere did that people suck honey from the rock, nowhere oil. But because according to Paul's words: "The rock was Christ," they sucked honey from the rock who saw the deeds and miracles of our same Redeemer. But they sucked oil from the solid rock, because by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit after his resurrection they deserved to be anointed. Therefore, as it were, the weak rock gave honey, when the Lord, still mortal, showed to his disciples the sweetness of his miracles. But the solid rock poured forth oil, because, after his resurrection now made impassible, through the breathing of the Spirit he sent forth the gift of holy anointing. Of this oil it is said through the prophet: "The yoke shall decay because of the oil." For we were held under the yoke of demonic dominion, but we have been anointed with the oil of the Holy Spirit. And because the grace of liberty has anointed us, the yoke of demonic dominion has rotted away, as Paul attests when he says: "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But the Messiah is principally intended, of whom David was but a type; and who was in a particular manner anointed above his fellows, as is said, Psalm xlv, 7. For he is the foundation of all the promises, 2Cor i, 20, and of all the deliverances and mercies granted to God's people in all ages.
14 ), shall be no longer at his service, nor lie at his mercy, as they have done; nor shall he ever again put the country under contribution." Some think it looks further, to the deliverance of the Jews out of their captivity in Babylon; and further yet, to the redemption of believers from the tyranny of sin and Satan.
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6 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Whether they were the princes and judges of Israel of Judah, or both, that the prophet denounced this woe against, is not certain: if those of Israel, these verses are to be joined with the close of the foregoing chapter, which is probable enough, because the burden of that prophecy ( for all this his anger is not turned away ) is repeated here (
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
His burden shall be taken away - The oppressions and exactions of the Assyrian. From off thy shoulder - We bear a burden on the shoulder; and hence, any grievous exaction or oppression is represented as borne upon the shoulder. And his yoke ... - Another image denoting deliverance from oppression and calamity. And the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing - In the interpretation of these words, expositors have greatly differed. The Hebrew is literally, ‘From the face of oil,’ מפני-שׁמן mı̂peney-shāmen. The Vulgate renders it, literally, a facie olei.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Judah was still tributary to Assyria; Hezekiah had not yet revolted, as he did in the beginning of Sennacherib's reign. because of-- (Ho 10:15). the anointing--namely, "Messiah" (Da 9:24). Just as in Isa 9:4-6, the "breaking of the yoke of" the enemies' "burden and staff" is attributed to Messiah, "For unto us a child is born," &c., so it is here.
From off thy shoulder - Bishop Lowth translates the whole verse thus: - “And it shall come to pass in that day, His burden shall be removed from off thy shoulder; And his yoke off thy neck: Yea, the yoke shall perish from off your shoulders.’ On which he gives us the following note: I follow here the Septuagint, who for מפני שמן mippeney shamen read משכמיכם mishshichmeychem, απο των ωμων ὑμων, from your shoulders, not being able to make any good sense out of the present reading. I will add here the marginal conjectures of Archbishop Secker, who appears, like all others, to have been at a loss for a probable interpretation of the text as it now stands.” o. leg. שכם shakam; forte legend. מבני שמן mibbeney shamen, vide cap. Isa 5:1. Zec 4:14: Et possunt intelligi Judaei uncti Dei, Psa 105:15, vel Assyrii, משמנים mishmannim, hic Psa 105:16, ut dicat propheta depulsum iri jugum ab his impositum: sed hoc durius. Vel potest legi מפני שמי mippeney shami.”
Modern Voices1 voice
A commentator
Chuck Pierce52 Days of Rebuilding Your Spirit, Receiving a New Anointing, and Unlocking Your Future (article) (2005)
proposed
Then ask God to drill deep within you and hit a new oil well. Read Isaiah 10:27 and 1 John 2. You are anointed!
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֣ה׀ | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | in the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַה֗וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יָס֤וּר | yasur | it will be removed | H5493 → | 299 times |
| סֻבֳּלוֹ֙ | subolo | burden its | H5448 → | 3 times |
| מֵעַ֣ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שִׁכְמֶ֔ךָ | shikhmekha | shoulder your | H7926 → | 21 times |
| וְעֻלּ֖וֹ | veulo | and yoke its | H5923 → | 40 times |
| מֵעַ֣ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| צַוָּארֶ֑ךָ | tzavarekha | neck your | H6677 → | 42 times |
| וְחֻבַּ֥ל | vechubal | and it will be broken | H2254 → | 27 times |
| עֹ֖ל | ʾol | [the] yoke | H5923 → | 40 times |
| מִפְּנֵי־ | mipenei- | <from> because of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| שָֽׁמֶן׃ | shamen | fatness | H8081 → | 193 times |
וְהָיָ֣ה׀and it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםin the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַה֗וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
יָס֤וּרit will be removed
yasurH5493 →299 times
סֻבֳּלוֹ֙burden its
suboloH5448 →3 times
מֵעַ֣לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
שִׁכְמֶ֔ךָshoulder your
shikhmekhaH7926 →21 times
וְעֻלּ֖וֹand yoke its
veuloH5923 →40 times
מֵעַ֣לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
צַוָּארֶ֑ךָneck your
tzavarekhaH6677 →42 times
וְחֻבַּ֥לand it will be broken
vechubalH2254 →27 times
עֹ֖ל[the] yoke
ʾolH5923 →40 times
מִפְּנֵי־<from> because of
mipenei-H6440 →2123 times
שָֽׁמֶן׃fatness
shamenH8081 →193 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight…
it leads to
- Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 11:5
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
- Psalms 146:7–8
He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
- Acts 10:38
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
- Luke 7:22
So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and…
- Isaiah 61:1
Through
1 John 2:20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
it leads to
- 1 John 2:27
And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- John 14:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
- 1 John 2:27
Through
Psalms 105:15“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
it leads to
- Zechariah 2:8
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
- Zechariah 2:8
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Chuck Pierce, 52 Days of Rebuilding Your Spirit, Receiving a New Anointing, and Unlocking Your Future (article); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book 19, Section 24; Gregory the Dialogist, Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 26; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.