Leviticus 26:13
13 aI am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. bAnd I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.Isaiah 9:4
4 cFor the yoke of his burden,dand the staff for his shoulder,
the rod of his oppressor,
you have broken as eon the day of Midian.
Isaiah 10:27
27And in that day fhis burden will depart from your shoulder, and ghis yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.” ▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Isaiah 14:2-3
2And ithe peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the Lord’s land jas male and female slaves. ▼▼Or servants
lThey will take captive those who were their captors, mand rule over those who oppressed them. Israel’s Remnant Taunts Babylon
3When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,Isaiah 52:2-3
2 nShake yourself from the dust and arise;be seated, O Jerusalem;
oloose the bonds from your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.
3For thus says the Lord: p“You were sold for nothing, and qyou shall be redeemed without money.”
Jeremiah 2:20
20 “For long ago I rbroke your yokeand burst your bonds;
but you said, s‘I will not serve.’
Yes, ton every high hill
and under every green tree
you bowed down ulike a whore.
Jeremiah 30:8
8“And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the Lord of hosts, that I will vbreak his wyoke from off your neck, and I will xburst your bonds, yand foreigners shall no more make a servant of him. ▼▼Or serve him
Ezekiel 34:10
10Thus says the Lord God, aaBehold, I am against the shepherds, and abI will require my sheep at their hand and acput a stop to their feeding the sheep. adNo longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. aeI will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.
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