Psalm 81:6

I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

Cross-reference

Exodus 1:14 Historical context

Exodus 1:14 describes the bitter slave labor with mortar and brick—the very burden from which God freed Israel's shoulder.

Exodus 6:6 Prophetic fulfillment

Exodus 6:6 records God's promise to bring Israel out from under the burdens of Egypt, fulfilled in the deliverance Psalm 81:6 celebrates.

Isaiah 9:4 Allusion

Isaiah 9:4 uses the same 'burden from shoulder' imagery for future deliverance, echoing God's past rescue from Egypt.

Isaiah 10:27 speaks of the burden departing from the shoulder, applying the Exodus imagery to Assyria's yoke.

Exodus 1:11 Historical context

Exodus 1:11 describes the forced labor with burdens that Psalm 81:6 recalls as the 'burden' and 'basket' removed.

Exodus 2:23 Historical context

Exodus 2:23 shows the Israelites groaning under slavery, the very burden from which God later freed them as in Psalm 81:6.

Exodus 6:7 Historical context

Exodus 6:7 promises God will take Israel as His people after deliverance, the result of removing the burden in Psalm 81:6.

Leviticus 26:13 echoes the same deliverance language: breaking the yoke and making them walk erect, matching the freed hands in Psalm 81:6.

Matthew 11:29 invites taking Jesus' light yoke, contrasting with the oppressive yoke God removed in Psalm 81:6.

Genesis 49:15 describes Issachar bowing his shoulder to bear a burden, contrasting with God removing the burden in Psalm 81:6.