For you will break the yoke of their slavery and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders. You will break the oppressor’s rod, just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.

因为他们所负的重轭和肩头上的杖，并欺压他们人的棍，你都已经折断，好像在米甸的日子一样。

因为他们所负的重轭和肩头上的杖，并欺压者的棍，你都已经折断，如同在米甸的日子一般。

因为他们所负的重轭和肩头上的杖，并欺压者的棍，你都已经折断，如同在米甸的日子一般。

因为你必折断他们负的轭和欺压者的棍棒，好像昔日你毁灭米甸人一样；

因为他们所负的轭和肩头上的杖，以及欺压他们的人的棍，你都折断了，像在米甸的日子一样。

因为他们所负的轭和他们肩上的杖，以及压迫他们之人的棍，你把它们都折断了，就像你在米甸之日所做的。

因為他們所負的重軛和肩頭上的杖，並欺壓他們人的棍，你都已經折斷，好像在米甸的日子一樣。

因為他們所負的重軛和肩頭上的杖，並欺壓者的棍，你都已經折斷，如同在米甸的日子一般。

因為他們所負的重軛和肩頭上的杖，並欺壓者的棍，你都已經折斷，如同在米甸的日子一般。

因為你必折斷他們負的軛和欺壓者的棍棒，好像昔日你毀滅米甸人一樣；

因為他們所負的軛和肩頭上的杖，以及欺壓他們的人的棍，你都折斷了，像在米甸的日子一樣。

因為他們所重負的軛和肩背上的橫木、都已破壞；那趕牲口者的棍子也都折斷，像在米甸的日子一樣。

因為他們所負的軛和他們肩上的杖，以及壓迫他們之人的棍，你把它們都折斷了，就像你在米甸之日所做的。

因其負重之軛、撻背之杖、暴者之梃、爾已折之、若於米甸之日、

昔米田人虐遇斯民、負以重軛、加以鞭扑、爾拯救之、折其杖箠、迄於今、亦若是、

蓋民所負之重軛、所加於其肩之任、並督之之杖、主悉折斷、如罰米甸之日、

For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.

You set Israel free from Midian long ago. In the same way, you will break the heavy yoke that weighs Israel down. You will break the wooden beams that are on their shoulders. You will break the rods of those who strike them down.

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

For you have shattered their oppressive yoke and the rod on their shoulders, the staff of their oppressor, just as you did on the day of Midian.

For You will break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian.

For You have broken the yoke of his burden And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor, As in the day of Midian.

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

For You have shattered their oppressive yoke and the rod on their shoulders, the staff of their oppressor, just as You did on the day of Midian.

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 their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat.

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.

I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel; I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be their slaves nor bow down under their heavy loads.

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will lash them with his whip, as he did when Gideon triumphed over the Midianites at the rock of Oreb, or when the Lord’s staff was raised to drown the Egyptian army in the sea.In that day the Lord will end the bondage of his people. He will break the yoke of slavery and lift it from their shoulders.

Now I will break the yoke of bondage from your neck and tear off the chains of Assyrian oppression.”

You will be secure under a government that is just and fair. Your enemies will stay far away. You will live in peace, and terror will not come near.

By this time Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with about 15,000 warriors— all that remained of the allied armies of the east, for 120,000 had already been killed.Gideon circled around by the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, taking the Midianite army by surprise.Zebah and Zalmunna, the two Midianite kings, fled, but Gideon chased them down and captured all their warriors.

For in that day,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,“ I will break the yoke from their necks and snap their chains. Foreigners will no longer be their masters.

At the Lord’s command, the Assyrians will be shattered. He will strike them down with his royal scepter.And as the Lord strikes them with his rod of punishment, his people will celebrate with tambourines and harps. Lifting his mighty arm, he will fight the Assyrians.

In that wonderful day when the Lord gives his people rest from sorrow and fear, from slavery and chains,you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say,“ The mighty man has been destroyed. Yes, your insolence is ended.For the Lord has crushed your wicked power and broken your evil rule.

I will feed your enemies with their own flesh. They will be drunk with rivers of their own blood. All the world will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel.”

The wicked will not rule the land of the godly, for then the godly might be tempted to do wrong.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so you can walk with your heads held high.

You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you decide to break free, you will shake his yoke from your neck.”

Do to them as you did to the Midianites and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.They were destroyed at Endor, and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did. Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna,

The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. So the Lord handed them over to the Midianites for seven years.The Midianites were so cruel that the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, marauders from Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east would attack Israel,camping in the land and destroying crops as far away as Gaza. They left the Israelites with nothing to eat, taking all the sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys.These enemy hordes, coming with their livestock and tents, were as thick as locusts; they arrived on droves of camels too numerous to count. And they stayed until the land was stripped bare.So Israel was reduced to starvation by the Midianites. Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.

When the 300 Israelites blew their rams’ horns, the Lord caused the warriors in the camp to fight against each other with their swords. Those who were not killed fled to places as far away as Beth shittah near Zererah and to the border of Abel meholah near Tabbath.Then Gideon sent for the warriors of Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh, who joined in chasing the army of Midian.Gideon also sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying,“ Come down to attack the Midianites. Cut them off at the shallow crossings of the Jordan River at Beth barah.” So all the men of Ephraim did as they were told.They captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two Midianite commanders, killing Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. And they continued to chase the Midianites. Afterward the Israelites brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan River.

“ What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger. I use it as a club to express my anger.

For I was angry with my chosen people and punished them by letting them fall into your hands. But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy. You oppressed even the elderly.

Yet you have forgotten the Lord, your Creator, the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors? Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies? Where is their fury and anger now? It is gone!