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Shoes of Iron, and Strength Sufficient: a New year’s Promise “And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.” — Deuteronomy xxxiii. 24, 25.
This points to a land abounding in olives, and generally richly fertile, a fat land and yielding rich dainties, such as Jacob promised to Asher (Genesis 49:20). Thy shoes shall be iron and brass. The word rendered "shoes" (מִנְעָל) occurs only here.
This points to a land abounding in olives, and generally richly fertile, a fat land and yielding rich dainties, such as Jacob promised to Asher (Genesis 49:20). Thy shoes shall be iron and brass. The word rendered "shoes" (מִנְעָל) occurs only here.
Yet it only shows how truly the Bible is fitted to all our actual life to discover in it a promise referring to shoes. In the blessing of Moses, pronounced before his death upon the several tribes, there was this among other things for Asher: "Your shoes shall be iron."
2 sty 2000 · Asher’s land was fruitful and mountainous. To the people who lived in hilly terrain, God promises “iron shoes” for the roads they must travel. From this we may take a very simple application. Every new year is the beginning of a new journey.
Deuteronomy 33:25 Artwork. Deuteronomy 33:25 (KJV) says, "Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be." This verse is part of the blessing that Moses pronounced upon the tribe of Asher before his death.
"Iron" and "brass" are mentioned together in connection with gates and bars in Psalm 107:16; Isaiah 45:2. But they are not usually connected with "shoes" in the Old Testament. And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
