And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
Parallel translations
- WEB It will happen in that day, that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV It shall come to pass in that day That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
- NASB So it will be on that day, that his burden will be removed from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of fatness.
- NLT In that day the Lord will end the bondage of his people. He will break the yoke of slavery and lift it from their shoulders.
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Quick answer
In that day Assyria's yoke and burden will be lifted off Israel's neck. Oppression will be broken by God's appointed deliverance.
Overview
The 'burden' and 'yoke' of Assyrian domination will be removed, the yoke 'destroyed because of the anointing oil' — language pointing to God's anointing power, and ultimately to deliverance through his Anointed One. The image of a broken yoke recurs in the gospel, where Christ gives rest and lifts the heavy burden (Matt. 11:28-30).
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 9:4For 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.
- Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
- Isa 14:25That 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.
- Ps 105:15Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
- 1 Jn 2:20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
- Ps 45:7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
- Nah 1:9–13What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
- Ps 20:6Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
- 1 Jn 2:27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
- Ps 2:1–3Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
- Ps 132:17–18There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
- 2 Sam 1:21Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
- Ps 84:9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
- Ps 89:20–52I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
- Acts 4:27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
- 2 Kgs 18:13–14Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
- Isa 37:35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
- Ps 132:10For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
- Dan 9:24–26Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
- Ps 2:6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- John 1:41He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
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