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

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

you will take up this taunt(A) against the king of Babylon:(B)

How the oppressor(C) has come to an end!
    How his fury[a] has ended!

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

Let the [a]outcasts of Moab stay with you;
Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the oppressor has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
(A)Oppressors have been removed from the land.

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  1. Isaiah 16:4 As in most ancient versions; MT My outcasts, as for Moab

Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
    be their shelter(A) from the destroyer.”

The oppressor(B) will come to an end,
    and destruction will cease;(C)
    the aggressor will vanish from the land.

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13 That you have (A)forgotten the Lord your Maker,
Who (B)stretched out the heavens
And laid the foundations of the earth,
That you (C)fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor,
As he makes ready to destroy?
And where is the rage of the (D)oppressor?

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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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14 In (A)righteousness you will be established;
You will be far from (B)oppression, for you will (C)not fear;
And from (D)terror, for it will not come near you.

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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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