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Isaiah 14:25
I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks to Judah immediately after swearing that His purposed judgment will stand unaltered. He addresses the moment when divine intervention will terminate Assyrian domination over His people.
The words — The Hebrew verb שָׁבַר (sh.Bor) literally means "to break," describing the shattering of Assyrian military power. The verb סוּר (su.R) denotes "to be removed," specifying the lifting of the oppressive yoke from the people's shoulders.
The thread — The motif of God breaking a conquering nation's yoke recurs in Isaiah 9:4 and Nahum 1:13. The historical execution of this judgment appears in Isaiah 37:36 when the angel strikes down the Assyrian army.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that national survival depends entirely on divine action, not human strategy. It requires readers to anchor their expectation of deliverance in God's sworn plan rather than shifting circumstances.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That 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.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 9:4 For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
- Isaiah 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
- Nahum 1:13 For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
- Isaiah 10:12 So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
- Isaiah 10:16 Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.
- Isaiah 10:32 Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 14:5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
- Isaiah 30:30 And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
- Isaiah 10:24 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
- Isaiah 17:12 Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.