Isaiah 14:25
in Isaiah 14I 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.”
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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.
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.
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This verse in Isaiah 14
Commentary
10 notes on this verseSecond, the place of destruction: in my land, for the army of Sennacherib was destroyed near Jerusalem, below: and the Lord of hosts shall make . . . in this mountain, a feast of fat things (Isa 25:6). Third, he describes the fruit of the …
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The LORD of Hosts has sworn
on Isaiah 14:24-27
The LORD of Hosts swears, "as I have purposed, so will it stand," over a second target, Assyria, the threat of Isaiah's own lifetime. The oracles against Babylon and Assyria sit side by side under one "plan devised for the whole earth," a hand stretched out over the nations.
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I will break Assyria
Aquinas places the breaking where Sennacherib's army fell, on the mountains near Jerusalem in 701 BC. The yoke and burden repeat Isaiah 10:27. Barnes notes that in My land places the scene in Canaan, a turn from Babylon to Assyria.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
(Verse 24, 25.) The Lord of hosts swore, saying: If it shall not be as I thought, so it shall be, and as I devised it in my mind, so shall it come to pass, that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: and his yoke shall be taken away from them, and his burden shall be taken off their shoulder.
(Verse 24, 25) The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying, 'Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, and as I have purposed, so it shall 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. Afterward his habitation will be desolate in Babylon, and marshes shall cover the land: so that no seed of hers and no abundance shall remain in Babylon.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Let those that make themselves a yoke and a burden to God's people see what they are to expect. This prophecy is here ratified and confirmed by an oath (
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That I will break the Assyrian in my land,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
That I will break - That I will break his power; that I will discomfit and destroy his army. The Assyrian - Sennacherib (see Isa. 10.) In my land - That is, in the land of Canaan. This is often called his land; and this expression shows that the passage does not and cannot refer to the king of Babylon, for he was destroyed in his own city Dan. 5) And upon my mountains - That is, upon the mountains of Palestine.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
That--My purpose, namely, "that." break . . . yoke-- (Isa 10:27). my mountains--Sennacherib's army was destroyed on the mountains near Jerusalem (Isa 10:33, 34).
I will break the Assyrian - upon my mountains “To crush the Assyrian - on my mountains” - The Assyrians and Babylonians are the same people, Herod. 1:199, 200. Babylon is reckoned the principal city in Assyria, ibid. 178. Strabo says the same thing, lib. 16 sub init. The circumstance of this judgment being to be executed on God’s mountains is of importance; it may mean the destruction of Sennacherib’s army near Jerusalem, and have a still farther view: compare Eze 39:4; and see Lowth on this place of Isaiah.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לִשְׁבֹּ֤ר | lishbor | to break | H7665 → | 147 times |
| אַשּׁוּר֙ | ʾashur | Assyria | H804 → | 151 times |
| בְּאַרְצִ֔י | beartzi | in land my | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָרַ֖י | harai | mountains my | H2022 → | 546 times |
| אֲבוּסֶ֑נּוּ | ʾavusenu | I will tread down it | H947 → | 12 times |
| וְסָ֤ר | vesar | and it will be removed | H5493 → | 299 times |
| מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙ | mealeihem | from on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עֻלּ֔וֹ | ulo | yoke its | H5923 → | 40 times |
| וְסֻ֨בֳּל֔וֹ | vesubolo | and burden its | H5448 → | 3 times |
| מֵעַ֥ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שִׁכְמ֖וֹ | shikhmo | shoulder its | H7926 → | 21 times |
| יָסֽוּר׃ | yasur | it will be removed | H5493 → | 299 times |
לִשְׁבֹּ֤רto break
lishborH7665 →147 times
אַשּׁוּר֙Assyria
ʾashurH804 →151 times
בְּאַרְצִ֔יin land my
beartziH776 →2504 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
הָרַ֖יmountains my
haraiH2022 →546 times
אֲבוּסֶ֑נּוּI will tread down it
ʾavusenuH947 →12 times
וְסָ֤רand it will be removed
vesarH5493 →299 times
מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙from on them
mealeihemH5921 →5755 times
עֻלּ֔וֹyoke its
uloH5923 →40 times
וְסֻ֨בֳּל֔וֹand burden its
vesuboloH5448 →3 times
מֵעַ֥לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
שִׁכְמ֖וֹshoulder its
shikhmoH7926 →21 times
יָסֽוּר׃it will be removed
yasurH5493 →299 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
Isaiah 9:4For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 30:8
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
- Isaiah 10:26–27
And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
- Nahum 1:13
For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
- Isaiah 54:14
In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
- Jeremiah 30:8
Through
Nahum 1:13For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 10:27
On 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.
- Isaiah 9:4
For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
- Jeremiah 2:20
“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
- Psalms 107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
- Isaiah 10:27
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); George Adam Smith, The Book of Isaiah, Expositor's Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.