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It shall happen in that day, that his burden shall depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.

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A Promise of Total Liberation

All commentators agree this verse promises a complete end to oppression, symbolized by a burden being lifted and a yoke being shattered. Scholars like John Calvin and Matthew Henry extend this promise beyond the immediate threat of Assyria, seeing it as a pattern for God's ultimate deliverance of believers from the tyranny of sin and Satan through Christ.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Isaiah 10:27

18th Century

Theologian

His burden shall be taken away – The oppressions and exactions of the Assyrian.

From off your shoulder – We …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Isaiah 10:27

19th Century

Bishop

The yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing ... —The English, as it stands, is scarcely intelligible, but suggests the id…

John Calvin

John Calvin

On Isaiah 10:27

16th Century

Theologian

And it shall come to pass in that day. It is uncertain whether he now speaks of the deliverance that took place under Zerubbabel ([Referen…

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John Gill

John Gill

On Isaiah 10:27

17th Century

Pastor

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden
shall be taken away from off your shoulder<…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Isaiah 10:20–34

17th Century

Minister

Through our afflictions, we may learn not to place our confidence in created things. Only those who return to him in truth, not in pretense and out…