For (A)You will break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders,
The rod of their (B)oppressor, as [a]at the battle of (C)Midian.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:4 Lit in the day of Midian

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.

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that you will (A)take up this [a]taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,

“How (B)the oppressor has ceased,
And how the [b]onslaught has ceased!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:4 Or proverb
  2. Isaiah 14:4 As in DSS and ancient versions; MT uncertain

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

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