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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 9:4

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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9:4 The people experienced the rule of other nations as a yoke of . . . slavery and a heavy burden (Jer 30:8). • oppressor’s rod: In Isa 10:5, the Assyrians are called “the rod of [the Lord’s] anger.” Just as God’s anger will cease, so will Assyria’s oppression of Judah (14:5). • The Lord had destroyed the army of Midian through Gideon (see Judg 6:35; 7:22-25).
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