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)

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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)

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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]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:27 Hebrew; Septuagint broken / from your shoulders

“‘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)

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13 Now I will break their yoke(A) from your neck
    and tear your shackles away.”(B)

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14 In righteousness(A) you will be established:(B)
Tyranny(C) will be far from you;
    you will have nothing to fear.(D)
Terror(E) will be far removed;
    it will not come near you.

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26 I will make your oppressors(A) eat(B) their own flesh;
    they will be drunk on their own blood,(C) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know(D)
    that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(E)
    your Redeemer,(F) the Mighty One of Jacob.(G)

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31 The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;(A)
    with his rod he will strike(B) them down.
32 Every stroke the Lord lays on them
    with his punishing club(C)
will be to the music of timbrels(D) and harps,
    as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.(E)

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10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with a force of about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the armies of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen.(A) 11 Gideon went up by the route of the nomads east of Nobah(B) and Jogbehah(C) and attacked the unsuspecting army. 12 Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, fled, but he pursued them and captured them, routing their entire army.

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13 I am the Lord your God,(A) who brought you out of Egypt(B) so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke(C) and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

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40 You will live by the sword
    and you will serve(A) your brother.(B)
But when you grow restless,
    you will throw his yoke
    from off your neck.(C)

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On the day the Lord gives you relief(A) from your suffering and turmoil(B) and from the harsh labor forced on you,(C) you will take up this taunt(D) against the king of Babylon:(E)

How the oppressor(F) has come to an end!
    How his fury[a] has ended!
The Lord has broken the rod(G) of the wicked,(H)
    the scepter(I) of the rulers,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.

The scepter(A) of the wicked will not remain(B)
    over the land allotted to the righteous,
for then the righteous might use
    their hands to do evil.(C)

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Do to them as you did to Midian,(A)
    as you did to Sisera(B) and Jabin(C) at the river Kishon,(D)
10 who perished at Endor(E)
    and became like dung(F) on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,(G)
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(H)

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22 When the three hundred trumpets sounded,(A) the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other(B) with their swords.(C) The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah(D) near Tabbath. 23 Israelites from Naphtali, Asher(E) and all Manasseh were called out,(F) and they pursued the Midianites.(G) 24 Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan(H) ahead of them as far as Beth Barah.”

So all the men of Ephraim were called out and they seized the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth Barah. 25 They also captured two of the Midianite leaders, Oreb and Zeeb(I). They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb,(J) and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued the Midianites(K) and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan.(L)

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Gideon

The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord,(A) and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites.(B) Because the power of Midian was so oppressive,(C) the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves(D) and strongholds.(E) Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites(F) and other eastern peoples(G) invaded the country. They camped on the land and ruined the crops(H) all the way to Gaza(I) and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts.(J) It was impossible to count them or their camels;(K) they invaded the land to ravage it. Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out(L) to the Lord for help.

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13 that you forget(A) the Lord your Maker,(B)
    who stretches out the heavens(C)
    and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror(D) every day
    because of the wrath of the oppressor,
    who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?(E)

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I was angry(A) with my people
    and desecrated my inheritance;(B)
I gave them into your hand,(C)
    and you showed them no mercy.(D)
Even on the aged
    you laid a very heavy yoke.

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