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Isaiah 10 compares Israel’s future rescue to Egypt’s defeat and Midian’s fall and says the yoke of oppression will be lifted as the nation grows strong. The Aramaic Targum adds that this freedom comes through the Messiah who breaks foreign rule by force.
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Isaiah 10:27
Hebrew Bible
26 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is about to beat them with a whip, similar to the way he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will use his staff against the sea, lifting it up as he did in Egypt. 27 At that time the Lord will remove their burden from your shoulders and their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large. 28 They attacked Aiath, moved through Migron, depositing their supplies at Micmash.
Date: 7th-5th Centuries B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Jonathan Isaiah 10:27
Targum
And the Lord of hosts shall bring upon him a stroke, as the stroke of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his dominion shall depart from you, as the dominion of Pharaoh departed by the sea, and mighty works shall be done for you after the manner of Egypt. And it shall come to pass at that time, that his dominion shall depart from you, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the nations shall be broken from before the Messiah. He is come to Aiath, he has passed through Migron; at Micmash he shall appoint the princes of his army.
Date: 200-300 C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... The repentance of Jacob (verse 21) consists especially of a refusal to co-operate with the occupying power (verse 20), and has glorious results (verse 22). “The wicked” are to be destroyed (verse 23) in favour of Jacob (verse 25), and the new release is compared to the liberation from Egypt (verse 26). Quite innovatively, “the Messiah” is assigned a prominent place in the shattering of Gentile rule (verse 27) by military means (verse 28). “Sennacherib” appears as the image of the Gentile military arrogance (v. 32) which God will utterly demolish (verses 33, 34) ..."
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