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.
Isaiah 9:4
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Isaiah 14:4–6
4 you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! 5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers. 6 It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued th…
Isaiah 14:24–26
24 The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. 25 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.”
Isaiah 10:26–28
26 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. 27 On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke wi…
Nahum 1:12–14
12 This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer. 13 For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.” 14 The LORD…
Jeremiah 30:7–9
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Psalms 81:5–7
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Psalms 107:15–17
15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. 16 For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. 17 Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
Habakkuk 3:12–14
12 You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath. 13 You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah 14 With his own spear You pi…
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