The people’s enormous relief felt as if a very heavy weight had gone from their shoulders.
• Centuries earlier, God’s people had been slaves of another enemy called Midian, for 7 years. But then God appointed Gideon, a most unlikely hero, to free them (see Judges 7:15-25). It was such a wonderful surprise that the nation long remembered the story. Isaiah himself mentions it twice more (see Isaiah 10:26 and Isaiah 60:6).
FOR THOU HAST BROKEN - This verse, and the following, show the way in which the occasion of the joy had been furnished. The expression ‘thou hast’ does not necessarily refer to the past, but is a form...
CHAPTER 9 The Message of Hope Concerning Israel's Future and the Impending Judgments 1. _The Messiah, His Name, His rule, His kingdom (Isaiah 9:1)_ 2. _Judgment upon Israel (Isaiah 9:8)_ 3. The impen...
ISRAEL'S DELIVERER. This famous passage on the Messianic King is now by several regarded as late. The question is too large to be discussed, but it seems more difficult to explain its origin in the po...
Change the order as in R.V. FOR THE YOKE OF HIS BURDEN, &c.… THOU HAST BROKEN. _the staff of his shoulder_ (better BACK) means the staff with which his back was beaten; the pronouns refer to Israel....
The destruction of the oppressor....
DISCOURSE: 871 BLESSINGS IMPARTED BY THE GOSPEL Isaiah 9:2. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shi...
FOR THOU HAST BROKEN THE YOKE OF HIS BURDEN— _His burdensome yoke._ The following discourse illustrates the preceding; for it sets forth the great and mighty benefits connected with the appearance of...
CHAPTER NINE C. PEACE BY IMMANUEL 1. HIS PERSONALITY TEXT: Isaiah 9:1-7 1 But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and...
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. FOR THOU HAST BROKEN THE YOKE OF HIS BURDEN - The occasion of the "joy...
STAFF OF HIS SHOULDER] i.e. with which he is beaten by the taskmaster. The dominion of Assyria shall be broken. AS IN THE DAY OF MIDIAN] referring to the memorable victory of Gideon (Judges 7:8). WITH...
1. RV 'But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time hath he made it glorious...
(CONTINUED) 8. Jacob.. Israel] Both names here stand for the northern kingdom, as is made clear by what follows in the next v....
FOR THOU HAST BROKEN THE YOKE OF HIS BURDEN... — The text comes in the Hebrew with all the emphasis of position. _The yoke of his burden_ ... _thou hast broken._ The phrase suggests a bondage like tha...
_[Isaiah 9:3]_ כִּ֣י ׀ אֶת ־עֹ֣ל סֻבֳּלֹ֗ו וְ...
CHAPTER VI KING AND MESSIAH; PEOPLE AND CHURCH 735-732 B.C. Isaiah 7:8, 9:Isaiah 7:1 THIS section of the book of Isaiah (Chapter s 7-9:7) consists of a number of separate prophecies uttered during...
THE PRINCE OF PEACE Isaiah 8:19-22; Isaiah 9:1-7 When men cease to trust in God and rely on the help of man, they often turn to necromancy and spirit-rapping. The medium takes the place of the Mediat...
Here we have the message of hope (verses Isa 9:1-7) in the glorious picture of the Coming Deliverer, with the equally glorious record of the results of His Coming. It is one of the greatest Messianic...
For thou hast broken the (h) yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. (h) You gave them perfect joy by delivering them, and by destroying...
_Oppressor. Who levied taxes for Assyria, 4 Kings xviii. 7. Sennacherib made war, because Ezechias refused to pay them any longer, and his troops fell upon each other, (Calmet) as the Madianites had d...
The joy here spoken of, is not that carnal joy, which men of the world are seeking after; but the spiritual joy of grace in the heart: and the similitude of harvest-men and warriors is uncommonly beau...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9:1-7. But this requires further development; and it is given in a remarkable manner in the next prophecy, comprised in Chapter s 7, 8, 9 to the end...
FOR THOU HAST BROKEN THE YOKE OF HIS BURDEN,.... Of Galilee, of the nation multiplied, of the spiritual inhabitants of it, whose joy was increased; and this is one reason of it, because they were deli...
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. Ver. 4. _For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden,_] _i.e., _ Thou ha...
_For thou hast broken_, &c. Bishop Lowth translates this verse, _For the yoke of his burden, the staff laid on his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor hast thou broken, as in the day of Midian._ The Je...
THE PROMISE OF THE MESSIAH IN THE MIDST OF SPIRITUAL DARKNESS. The Birth of the God-Man Promised....
For Thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, the spiritual slavery with which the people were burdened, AND THE STAFF OF HIS SHOULDER, the reference being to the cudgel of the overseer in striking the...
1-7 The Syrians and Assyrians first ravaged the countries here mentioned, and that region was first favoured by the preaching of Christ. Those that want the gospel, walk in darkness, and in the utmos...
THOU HAST BROKEN: this notes the matter and occasion of the foregoing joy. THE YOKE OF HIS BURDEN; his burdensome and heavy yoke, as _the throne of holiness_ is put for _the holy throne_, PSALMS 47:8....
Isaiah 9:4 broken H2865 (H8689) yoke H5923 burden H5448 staff H4294 shoulder H7926 rod H7626 oppressor H5065 ...
THE RISE OF THE GREAT KING IMMANUEL (ISAIAH 9:2). The rise of Immanuel is described in terms of great light and rejoicing, and is connected with the defeat of the enemies of God's people. As a result...
The last verses of the eighth chapter picture a horrible state of wretchedness and despair: «And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall...
CONTENTS: A divine child, the only hope of Israel. Vision of the outstretched hand. The unavailing chastisement. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Isaiah, Rezin. CONCLUSION: In the worst of times, God's peopl...
Isaiah 9:1. _The dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation._ Dr. Lightfoot infers from this, that there was much greater affliction in the first days of her vexation. All the Versions differ ve...
_For Thou hast broken the yoke of his burden_ DELIVERANCE FROM THE BURDEN OF SIN I. SIN IS A BURDEN (Psalms 38:4). Sinners are heavy laden with this insupportable load, which detains them from God, w...
_Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation_ THE PROPHECY EXPLAINED Let me venture to give what I conceive to be the true rendering of the prophecy--a rendering which at least...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:4 God liberates humanity AS ON THE DAY OF MIDIAN (see Judges 6:1, where Gideon achieves an improbable victory over Midian by the power of God)....
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 9:1 THE TROUBLES OF ISRAEL SHALL END THROUGH THE BIRTH OF A MARVELOUS CHILD. The section of the prophecy commencing with...
Now as we get into chapter 9, he said, Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afte...
Genesis 27:40; Isaiah 10:26; Isaiah 10:27; Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 14:25;
The yoke — His burdensome yoke. The staff — The staff or staves by which he was forced to carry burdens upon his shoulders. The rod — Wherewith he beat him. Oppressor — Of all his oppressors, but espe...