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to breakלִשְׁבֹּרAssyriaאַשּׁוּרin my land,בְּאַרְצִיand on my mountainsוְעַל הָרַיI will trample him;אֲבוּסֶנּוּand his yokeעֻלּוֹwill departוְסָרfrom them,מֵעֲלֵיהֶםand his burdenוְסֻבֳּלוֹwill departיָסוּרfrom his shoulder.”מֵעַל שִׁכְמוֹ
Isaiah 14:25
Study it in the app“to break Assyria in my land, and on my mountains I will trample him; and his yoke will depart from them, and his burden will depart from his shoulder.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 14:25, word by word
- to breakשְׁבֹּרshebor
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shebor” appears- Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- in my landאַרְצִartsi
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsi” appears- and on my mountainsהָרַhara
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “hara” appears- I will trample himאֲבוּסֶavuse
trample
To tread down hard.
Where else “avuse” appears- and his yokeעֻלּul
yoke
Yoke: the wooden piece joining two oxen; figuratively, being subject to another.
Where else “ul” appears- will departסָרsar
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sar” appears- and his burdenסֻבֳּלsubol
burden, load
A burden, a load that is carried.
Where else “subol” appears- from his shoulderשִׁכְמshichm
shoulder
The part of the body by the neck where a load is carried.
Where else “shichm” appears
Places in this verse
Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
24YHWH Tsevaot has sworn, saying, “Surely as I have intended, so it will be, and as I have planned, it will stand:
25 · This verse (above)
26This is the plan that is planned concerning the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.