ESV Reformation Study Bible – Isa 9:4
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Isa 9:4

9:4 yoke . . . staff. These are figures of oppression (10:27; 14:25; 47:6; contrast at Matt. 11:29, 30).

day of Midian. A reference to Gideon’s defeat of the Midianites (10:26, 27; Judg. 6:7; 7:22–25).