⁴ For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,^(A)
    you have shattered^(B)
the yoke^(C) that burdens them,
    the bar across their shoulders,^(D)
    the rod of their oppressor.^(E)

²⁵ I will crush the Assyrian^(A) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke^(B) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.^(C)”

²⁶ The Lord Almighty will lash^(A) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian^(B) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff^(C) over the waters,^(D)
    as he did in Egypt.
²⁷ In that day^(E) their burden^(F) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke^(G) from your neck;^(H)
the yoke^(I) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.^[a]

⁸ “‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty,
    ‘I will break the yoke^(A) off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;^(B)
    no longer will foreigners enslave them.^(C)