Isaiah 9:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² You have enlarged the nation
    and given them great joy;
they rejoice before you
    as those who rejoice at the harvest,
    as they exult when dividing spoils.
³ For the yoke that burdened them,
    the bar across their shoulders,
and the rod of their oppressor
    you have broken as on the day of Midian.^[a]
4 For every boot of a warrior that tramped in battle
    and every garment soaked in blood
    will be burned as fuel for the fire.