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Isaiah 9:4

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For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.

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Verse 4. Oppressor. Who levied taxes for Assyria. 4 Kennicott. 18:7. Sennacherib made war, because Ezechias refused to pay them any longer, and his troops fell upon each other, ( Calmet.) as the Madianites had done. Judges 7. Bible.

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