Nahum 1:13

Now I will cause the people of Assyria to no longer control/oppress you [MET]; it will be as though I will tear off the shackles/chains on your hands and feet.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12But this is what Yahweh says about you Israeli people: “Although the people of Assyria have very many people and their army is very powerful, they will be destroyed and will disappear. I say to my people in Judah, ‘ have already punished you, but I will not punish you again.

14And this is what Yahweh also declares about you people of Nineveh: “You will not have any descendants who will continue to have your family names. And I will destroy all the statues of your gods that were carved or formed in molds. I will cause you to be killed and sent to your graves, because you are vile/despicable!”

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:13I am Yahweh your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt in order that you would no longer be slaves of the people of Egypt. When you were there, you were treated as though you were animals that worked for the people of Egypt, but [MET] I broke the bars of the ◄yokes/frames that were put around your necks► and enabled you to walk with your heads up.”

Isaiah 9:4You will cause us to no longer be slaves [MET] of those who captured us; you will lift the heavy burdens from our shoulders. It will be as though you will break the rods of those who oppressed us, like you did when you destroyed the army of the Midian people-group.

Isaiah 14:25When the army of Assyria is in my land of Israel, I will crush them. It will be as though I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be the slaves [MET] of the people of Assyria; it will be as though [MET] I will take away the burdens that are on their shoulders.

Jeremiah 5:5So, I will go and talk to their leaders, because they surely know how God wants them to conduct their lives.” But they also have stopped obeying Yahweh [MET], and they will not allow him to lead them.

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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