Nahum 1:13

Now will I break that people's yoke from off you; I will break your chains.” 1

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

12This is what Yahweh says, 1 “Even if they are at their full strength and full numbers, they will nevertheless be sheared; 1 their people will be no more. But you, Judah: Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. 1

14Yahweh has given a command about you, Nineveh: 1 “There will be no more descendants bearing your name. 1 I will cut off the carved figures and the cast metal figures from the houses of your gods. 1 I will dig your graves, for you are contemptible.” 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:13I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, so that you would not be their slaves. I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you to walk standing up straight.

Isaiah 9:4For the yoke of his burden, the beam across his shoulder, 1 the rod of his oppressor, you have shattered as on the day of Midian. 1

Isaiah 14:25I will break the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains trample him underfoot. 1 Then his yoke will be lifted from off them and his burden from off their shoulder.” 1 Then his yoke will be lifted from off them and his burden from off their shoulder.” 1

Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the important people and declare God's messages to them, for they at least know Yahweh's ways, the decrees of their God.” 1 But they all broke their yoke together; they all tore apart the chains that bound them to God. 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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