Jesaja 9:4

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling

(9-3) Want Gij hebt het juk van hunnen last, en de roede van hunne schouders, en den stok van hunne drijvers verbroken, als ten tijde van Midian,

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
(9-3) Het juk toch dat zij torsten, de draagstang op hun schouders, den staf van hun drijvers hebt gij verbroken, als op den Midiansdag.

Staten Vertaling
(9:3) Want het juk van hun last, en den stok hunner schouders, en den staf desgenen, die hen dreef, hebt Gij verbroken, gelijk ten dage der Midianieten;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For thou hast broken: or, When thou brakest, Isaiah 14:25, Isaiah 47:6, Genesis 27:40, Leviticus 26:13, Jeremiah 30:8, Nahum 1:13

the staff: Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:27, Isaiah 14:3-5, Isaiah 30:31, Isaiah 30:32, Psalms 125:3

as in the day: Isaiah 10:26, Judges 6:1-6, Judges 7:22-25, Judges 8:10-12, Psalms 83:9-11

Reciprocal: Judges 8:28 - was Midian Psalms 72:4 - the oppressor Psalms 81:6 - I removed Psalms 146:7 - executeth Proverbs 22:8 - the rod of his anger shall fail Isaiah 10:24 - smite thee Isaiah 14:5 - General Jeremiah 2:20 - For of Jeremiah 28:4 - I will break Jeremiah 48:17 - How Ezekiel 7:11 - Violence Ezekiel 30:18 - I shall break Ezekiel 34:27 - when I

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden,.... Of Galilee, of the nation multiplied, of the spiritual inhabitants of it, whose joy was increased; and this is one reason of it, because they were delivered by the Lord from the burdensome yoke of the ceremonial law, which was broken off and abolished by Christ; and from the tyranny of Satan, the god of this world, out of whose hands they were ransomed and delivered; and from the dominion of sin, under the power of which they had been in bondage.

And the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor; different phrases, expressive of the same thing; the bondage and slavery of the law, sin, and Satan:

as in the day of Midian; when Gideon got an entire victory over the Midianites, with a few unarmed men, by the sound of trumpets, and breaking of pitchers, Judges 7:16 and may denote the easy manner in which Christ obtained a conquest over all his and our enemies; and the means by which it is made known unto us, and we are freed from bondage to spiritual enemies; namely, by the ministration of the Gospel, compared to the blowing of trumpets; and which is a treasure put into earthen vessels, frail and weak men.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For thou hast broken - This verse, and the following, show the way in which the occasion of the joy had been furnished. The expression ‘thou hast’ does not necessarily refer to the past, but is a form of expression derived from the nature of the prophetic visions, where that is described as past which is seen to pass before the eyes of the prophet; see the Introduction, section 7.

The yoke - This word is often used to denote oppression, or tyranny; Leviticus 26:13; Deuteronomy 28:48 - where oppression is described as ‘an iron yoke;’ compare 1 Kings 12:4; Isaiah 47:6; Isaiah 58:6.

The staff of his shoulder - The word rendered staff here may mean a bough, a branch, a staff, stick, or rod. Gesenius supposes that the expression here means the rod by which punishment is inflicted, and that the, phrase ‘rod of, or for the shoulder,’ denotes oppression and servitude. Rosenmuller thinks, that it refers rather to the custom among the ancients of placing a piece of wood, not unlike a yoke, on the necks and shoulders of slaves, as a mark of servitude. Hengstenberg understands it, ‘the staff which strikes the neck or back.’

The rod of his oppressor - This, doubtless, refers to the chastisement which was inflicted on those in bondage, and is a phrase denoting oppression and servitude. The word ‘his’ here refers to Israel.

As in the day of Midian - This refers to the deliverance that was accomplished under Gideon against the Midianites; see Judges 7:0; Judges 8:0. That deliverance was a remarkable interposition of God. It was accomplished not by human strength; but was a signal manifestation of the power of God in delivering the nation from the long oppression of the Midianites. So the prophet says here, that the deliverance will be as signal a proof of the presence and power of God as is was in that day. Herder (Hebrew Poetry, vol. ii. p. 296) says, ‘At that period, in the north part of the country, a great deliverance was wrought. Then, in the obscure forests of Naphtali and Zebulun, the light of freedom went forth over all the land. So now, also, in this northern press of nations, in the way along the sea of Galilee, where now the hostile Syrians are exercising their oppressions, the light of freedom is going forth, and there shall be joy and jubilee, like that of the song of Deborah.’