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Isa. 9:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

For ηthou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the dayg of Midian.

or, when thou brakest.

Judg. 7:21• ²¹{i}And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried out, and fled.{/i} (Judg. 7:21)

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For thou hast broken.

or, When thou brakest.

Isa. 14:25• ²⁵to break the Assyrian in my land; and on my mountains I will trample him; and his yoke shall depart from off them, and his burden from off their shoulders: (Isa. 14:25)

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Isa. 47:6• ⁶I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. (Isa. 47:6)

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Gen. 27:40• ⁴⁰and by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt rove about, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. (Gen. 27:40)

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Lev. 26:13• ¹³I [am] Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you walk upright. (Lev. 26:13)

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Jer. 30:8• ⁸For it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him (Jacob). (Jer. 30:8)

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Nah. 1:13• ¹³For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. (Nah. 1:13)

the staff.

Isa. 10:5,27• ⁵Ho, Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation.
²⁷And 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 because of the anointing. (Isa. 10:5,27)

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Isa. 14:3‑5• ³And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve,
⁴that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!
⁵Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers. (Isa. 14:3‑5)

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Isa. 30:31‑32• ³¹For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be broken in pieces; he will smite with a rod.
³²And every stroke of the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, shall be with tabrets and harps; and in battles of shaking will he fight with them. (Isa. 30:31‑32)

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Psa. 125:3• ³For rod of wickedness shall not rest on a lot of the righteous,{HR}In order that the righteous may not put (send) their hands unto iniquity. (Psa. 125:3)

as in the day.

Isa. 10:26• ²⁶And Jehovah of hosts will stir up against him a scourge, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod [shall be] over the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt. (Isa. 10:26)

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Judg. 6:1‑6• ¹{i}And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.{/i}
²And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strongholds.
³{i}And it came to pass when Israel sowed, that Midian came up,{/i} and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
⁴and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
⁵For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
⁶And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah. (Judg. 6:1‑6)

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Judg. 7:22‑25• ²²{i}And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout the camp. And the host fled to Beth-shittah towards Zererah, to the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.{/i}
²³{i}And the men of Israel were called together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.{/i}
²⁴{i}And Gideon sent messengers throughout mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah, and the Jordan. And all the men of Ephraim were called together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah, and the Jordan.{/i}
²⁵{i}And they took two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb; and they pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.{/i} (Judg. 7:22‑25)

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Judg. 8:10‑12• ¹⁰{i}Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their camp with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the whole camp of the children of the east; for there had fallen a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.{/i}
¹¹{i}And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwell in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the camp; for the camp was at its ease.{/i}
¹²{i}And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued after them, and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the camp.{/i} (Judg. 8:10‑12)

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Psa. 83:9‑11• ⁹Do to them as [to] Midian, as [to] Sisera,{HR}As [to] Jabin, at the river Kishon.
¹⁰They were destroyed at Endor;{HR}They became dung for the ground.
¹¹Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb;{HR}Yea, all their princes as Zebah and as Zalmunna; (Psa. 83:9‑11)

• Verse 4 speaks of the great deliverance that will be granted. (“Isaiah 9” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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.

W. Kelly Translation

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.