KJV King James Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 10:27
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
WEB World English Bible
It will happen in that day, that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
ASV American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, in that day, Turned is his burden from off thy shoulder, And his yoke from off thy neck, And destroyed hath been the yoke, because of prosperity.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 10
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and [as] his rod [was] upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
27 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהָיָ֣ה׀H1961 · ha.yahto beבַּיּ֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַה֗וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itיָס֤וּרH5493 · surto turn aside: removeסֻבֳּלוֹ֙H5448 · so.velburdenמֵעַ֣לH5921 · aluponשִׁכְמֶ֔ךָH7926 · she.khemshoulderוְעֻלּ֖וֹH5923 · olyokeמֵעַ֣לH5921 · aluponצַוָּארֶ֑ךָH6677 · tsav.varneckוְחֻבַּ֥לH2254 · cha.valto pledgeעֹ֖לH5923 · olyokeמִפְּנֵי־H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeשָֽׁמֶן׃H8081 · she.menoil
Cross-references
Isaiah 9:4For 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.Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,Isaiah 14:25That 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.Psalm 105:15[Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.1 John 2:20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.Psalm 45:7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.Psalm 20:6Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.Nahum 1:9-13What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.1 John 2:27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.Psalm 132:17-18There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.Psalm 2:1-3Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?2 Samuel 1:21Ye mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew, neither [let there be] rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, [as though he had] not [been] anointed with oil.Psalm 84:9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.Psalm 89:20-52I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:Acts 4:27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,2 Kings 18:13-14Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.Isaiah 37:35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.Psalm 132:10For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Isaiah 10:27
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →