Nahum 1:12 (ASV)

Passage

Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.

Nahum 1:11 There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.

Nahum 1:12 Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

Nahum 1:13 And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

Nahum 1:14 And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thus", "saith", "jehovah", "though", "full", "strength", "likewise", and "even". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "There is one gone forth out of..." into verse 13's "And now will I break his yoke...", so "thus" and "saith" belong inside that flow. In Nahum context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thus" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.