Nahum 1:13

For now will I break his motah (yoke) from off thee, 1 and will break thy fetters in pieces. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

In Context

12Thus saith Hashem: 1 Though they are strong, and likewise rabbim, 1 yet shall they thus be cut down, and he + 1:12 the Assyrian shall pass away. 1 Though I have afflicted thee [O Yehudah], 1 I will afflict thee no more. 1

14And Hashem hath given a command concerning thee, 1 that no more of thy name be sown; + 1:14 i.e., to perpetuate his name 1 out of the bais of thy g-ds will I cut off 1 the pesel (graven image) and the molten image; 1 I prepare thy kever (grave); 1 for thou art vile.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:13I am Hashem Eloheichem, which brought you forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, that ye should not be their avadim; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you walk head held high.

Isaiah 9:4For every boot of the tramping warrior in the battleʼs tumult, 1 and simlah (garments) megolalah (rolled) in damim (blood) 1 shall be for burning and 1 ma'acholet eish (food for fire). 1

Isaiah 14:25That I will break Ashur (the Assyrian) in My land, 1 and upon My harim (mountains) trample him under foot; 1 then shall his yoke depart from off them, 1 and his burden be removed from off their shekhem (shoulder). 1

Jeremiah 5:5I will get me unto the Gedolim, 1 and will speak unto them; 1 for they have known the Derech Hashem, 1 and the Mishpat Eloheihem; 1 but these have altogether broken off the ol (yoke), 1 and burst the bonds. 1

Matthew Henry on Nahum 1:10-15

Destruction of the Assyrian Army; Overthrow of Sennacherib. ( b. c. 710.) 9 What do ye imagine against the Lord ? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord , a wicked counsellor. 12 Thus saith the Lord ; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when… Read the whole commentary →

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