Isaiah 9:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Isaiah 9:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Isaiah 9:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Isaiah 9:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Isaiah 9:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 871 BLESSINGS IMPARTED BY THE GOSPEL Isaiah 9:2-4 . 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...
Isaiah 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Isaiah 9:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Isaiah 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 th...
Isaiah 9:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 glori...
Isaiah 9:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 lik...
Isaiah 9:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VI KING AND MESSIAH; PEOPLE AND CHURCH 735-732 B.C. Isaiah 7:8 , 9: Isaiah 7:1-8 THIS section of the book of Isaiah (Chapter s 7-9:7) consists of a number of separate prophecies utte...
Isaiah 9:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 th...
Isaiah 9:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Isaiah 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 bea...
Isaiah 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 d...
Isaiah 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Isaiah 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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. T...
Isaiah 9:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment and Mercy; The Promise of Gospel Grace; The Promise of Messiah; The Titles of Messiah. B. C. 740....
Isaiah 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 , Psalm...
Isaiah 9:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Rise of The Great King Immanuel ( Isaiah 9:2-7 ). 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...
Isaiah 9:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Isaiah 9:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Isaiah 9:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 le...
Isaiah 9:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 9:1-23 THE TROUBLES OF ISRAEL SHALL END THROUGH THE BIRTH OF A MARVELOUS CHILD . The section of the prophecy commencing with Isaiah 7:1 terminates...
Isaiah 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Promise of the Messiah in the Midst of Spiritual Darkness. The Birth of the God-Man Promised.
Isaiah 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 27:40 ; Isaiah 10:26 ; Isaiah 10:27 ; Isaiah 10:5 ; Isaiah 14:25 ; Isaiah 14:3-5 ; Isaiah 30:31 ; Isaiah 30:32 ; Isaiah 47:6 ; Jeremiah 30:8 ; Judges 6:1-6 ; Judges 7:22-25 ; Jud...
Isaiah 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 e...

Isaiah 9:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 9:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 9:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 9:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 9:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 9:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 9:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 9:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 9:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 9:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 9:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 9:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 9:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 9:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 9:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 9:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes