Isaiah 14:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I will break Assyria in My land and trample him on My mountains. Then his yoke will be taken off their shoulders, and his burden removed from their necks.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לִשְׁבֹּ֤ר אַשּׁוּר֙ בְּאַרְצִ֔י וְעַל־הָרַ֖י אֲבוּסֶ֑נּוּ וְסָ֤ר מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙ עֻלּ֔וֹ וְסֻ֨בֳּל֔וֹ מֵעַ֥ל שִׁכְמ֖וֹ יָסֽוּר׃

Transliteration

To-šǝbōr ʾaššûr in-ʾarṣî, and-upon-hāray ʾăḇûsennû; and-sār from-upon-them ʿullô, and-subŏlô from-upon šiḵmô yāsûr.

Grammar Details

• *šǝbōr*: qal infinitive construct - break/crush
• *ʾaššûr*: proper noun - Assyria
• *ʾarṣî*: feminine singular noun with 1st singular suffix - my land
• *hāray*: masculine plural noun with 1st singular suffix - my mountains
• *ʾăḇûsennû*: qal imperfect with suffix, 1st singular - I will trample him
• *sār*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will turn aside/depart
• *ʿullô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his yoke
• *subŏlô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his burden
• *šiḵmô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his shoulder
• *yāsûr*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will turn aside/depart

Word Meanings

• *šǝbōr*: break/crush/shatter
• *ʾăḇûsennû*: I will trample him/I will tread him down
• *sār*: will turn aside/will depart/will be removed
• *ʿullô*: his yoke/his oppression
• *subŏlô*: his burden/his load
• *yāsûr*: will turn aside/will depart/will be removed

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That 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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him underfoot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  That 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  that I will break{H7665} the Assyrian{H804} in my land,{H776} and upon my mountains{H2022} tread him under foot:{H947} then shall his yoke{H5923} depart{H5493} from off them, and his burden{H5448} depart{H5493} from off their shoulder.{H7926}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  That I will break{H7665}{(H8800)} the Assyrian{H804} in my land{H776}, and upon my mountains{H2022} tread him under foot{H947}{(H8799)}: then shall his yoke{H5923} depart{H5493}{(H8804)} from off them, and his burden{H5448} depart{H5493}{(H8799)} from off their shoulders{H7926}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The Assirians shalbe destroyed in my londe, and vpon my mountaytaines wyll I treade them vnder fote. Wherthorow his yocke shall come from you, & his burthen shalbe taken from youre shulders.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That I will breake to pieces Asshur in my land, and vpon my mountaines will I treade him vnder foote: so that his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden shall be taken from off their shoulder.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So that Assyria shall I destroy in my lande, and vpon my mountaynes wil I treade hym vnder foote, wherthrough his yoke shall come from them, and his burthen shalbe taken from their shoulder.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  To break Asshur in My land, And on My mountains I tread him down, And turned from off them hath his yoke, Yea, his burden from off their shoulder turneth aside.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that 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 shoulder.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that 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 shoulder.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  To let the Assyrian be broken in my land, and crushed under foot on my mountains: there will his yoke be taken away from them, and his rule over them come to an end.

• World English Bible (2000)

  that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot on my mountains. Then his yoke will leave them, and his burden leave their shoulders.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will break Assyria in my land, I will trample them underfoot on my hills. Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 9:4 : 4 Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, fuel for the fire.
• Nah 1:13 : 13 Now I will break their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles away.
• Isa 10:12 : 12 When the Lord has finished all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will punish the pride of the king of Assyria's heart and the glory of his haughty eyes.
• Isa 10:16-19 : 16 Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, will send leanness among his robust ones, and under his glory, a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire. 17 The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One a flame; it will burn and devour his thorns and briars in a single day. 18 The glory of his forest and his fruitful fields will be consumed, both soul and body. It will be as when a sick man wastes away. 19 The remaining trees of his forest will be so few that a child could count them.
• Isa 10:24-27 : 24 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, says: 'My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, though they strike you with a rod and lift up their staff against you as Egypt did.' 25 For in just a little while, my indignation against you will end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction. 26 The LORD of Hosts will stir up a scourge against them as He did at the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and He will raise His staff over the sea as He did in Egypt. 27 On that day, their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because of your strength.
• Isa 10:32-34 : 32 Today, they will halt at Nob; they shake their fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, and the lofty ones will be humbled. 34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
• Isa 14:5 : 5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
• Isa 17:12-14 : 12 Woe to the multitude of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas, and the rushing of nations that is like the rushing of mighty waters. 13 The nations roar like the crashing of mighty waters, but He rebukes them, and they flee far away. They are driven like chaff on the mountains before the wind, like tumbleweed before a storm. 14 In the evening, sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more. This is the fate of those who plunder us and the lot of those who pillage us.
• Isa 30:30-33 : 30 The LORD will cause his majestic voice to be heard and will display the strength of his arm with furious anger and consuming fire, with a cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. 31 At the voice of the LORD, Assyria will be shattered; he will strike them down with his rod. 32 Every stroke the LORD lays on them with his punishing rod will be to the sound of tambourines and harps, as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm. 33 Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its fire pit is deep and wide, with an abundance of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a stream of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
• Isa 31:8-9 : 8 Then Assyria will fall by a sword not wielded by man, and a sword not wielded by humans will devour them. They will flee from the sword, and their young men will be put into forced labor. 9 Their stronghold will pass away because of terror, and their officers will flee in panic at the signal. This is the declaration of the LORD, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
• Isa 37:36-38 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies. 37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp, departed, returned home, and stayed in Nineveh. 38 While he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esarhaddon reigned in his place.
• Ezek 39:4 : 4 You will fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your armies and the peoples with you. I will give you as food to birds of prey of every kind and to the wild animals of the field.