Nahum 1:13

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
break	אֶשְׁבֹּ֥ר 'esh.Bor	H7665	to burst (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
yoke	מֹטֵ֖הוּ mo.Te.hu	H4132	a wavering · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
burst	אֲנַתֵּֽק 'a.na.Tek	H5423	to tear off · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular
bonds	וּמוֹסְרֹתַ֖יִךְ u.mos.ro.Ta.yikh	H4147	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
sunder	נָתַק nâthaq	H5423	to tear off

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Cross-references

Isaiah 10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yo…
Isaiah 9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
Jeremiah 2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under eve…
Psalms 107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
Isaiah 14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his bur…
Jeremiah 5:5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but thes…
Micah 5:5-6 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise aga…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nahum 1:9–end

These verses seem to point at the destruction of the army of the Assyrians under Sennacherib, which may well be reckoned a part of the burden of Nineveh, the head city of the Assyrian empire, and a pledge of the destruction of Nineveh itself about 100 years after; and this was an event which Isaiah, with whom probably this prophet was contemporary, spoke much of. Now observe here, I. The great provocation which the Assyrians gave to God, the just and jealous God, for which, though slow to anger, he would take vengeance (Nah 1:11): There is one come out of thee, that imagines evil against the Lord - Sennacherib, and his spokesman Rabshakeh. They framed an evil letter and an evil speech, not o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nahum 1:13

will I break his yoke--the Assyrian's yoke, namely, the tribute imposed by Sennacherib on Hezekiah (Kg2 18:14). from off thee--O Judah (Isa 10:27).

Adam Clarke on Nahum 1:13

Now will I break his yoke from off thee - This refers to the tribute which the Jews were obliged to pay to the Assyrians, Kg2 17:14.

John Gill on Nahum 1:13

For now will I break his yoke from off thee,.... The Assyrian yoke from off the Jews, who had been obliged to pay tribute, or send presents to the king of Assyria, from the times of Ahaz; and were in bondage, while shut up and besieged by his army, and the country all around laid under contribution; from all which they were delivered when his army was in that dreadful manner destroyed: and will burst thy bonds in sunder; and set thee entirely free from the bondage of the enemy, and all fear of it; a type of that freedom from the yoke of sin, Satan, and the law, which the people of God have by Jesus Christ.

John Calvin on Nahum 1:13

Nahum 1:13 13. For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 13. Et nunc conteram (vel, confringam) jugum ejus ab te, et vincula tua disrumpam. He confirms what the former verse contains, -- that God would now cease from his rigor; for he says, that the deliverance of this chosen people was nigh, when God would break down and reduce to nothing the tyranny of that empire. This verse clearly shows, that a clause in the preceding verse ought not to be so restricted as it is by some interpreters, who regard it as having been said of the slaughter of the army of Sennacherib. But the Prophet addresses here in common both the Israelites and the Jews, as it is e…

The Church Fathers

(Verse 13) And now I will break his rod from your back, and I will break your chains. LXX: And now I will break his rod from you: and I will break his chains. Finally, He says: And now I will break his rod, that is, the Assyrian's, from your back, and I will snap your chains: either by metaphor, signifying his power, or certainly, the rod with which he was trying to strike, and the chains which he was preparing for captives: although it can also be understood as the siege of a closed multitude in place of chains. But also this which is brought forth: And now I will break his rod from you, and I will tear apart your chains, is said against those to whom the threat is made, so that they may not be harmed by the devil and be subjected to him, by whose authority they had devised and fabricated such great things. Therefore, his authority will be crushed against them, and the chains by which the souls of sinners were bound will be broken by the word of God, with him saying to those who are in chains, 'Go out!'
— Jerome, Commentary on Nahum

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Nahum 1:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nahum 1:9–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nahum 1:13

Adam Clarke on Nahum 1:13

John Gill on Nahum 1:13

John Calvin on Nahum 1:13

The Church Fathers

Nahum 1:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nahum 1:9–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nahum 1:13

Adam Clarke on Nahum 1:13

John Gill on Nahum 1:13

John Calvin on Nahum 1:13

The Church Fathers

Keil & Delitzsch on Nahum 1:12-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nahum 1:12

Rashi on Nahum 1:13