Nahum 1:13 (DRB)

Passage

And now I will break in pieces his rod with which he struck thy back, and I will burst thy bonds asunder.

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:11 Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind.

Nahum 1:12 Thus saith the Lord: Though they were perfect: and many of them so, yet thus shall they be cut off, and he shall pass: I have afflicted thee, and I will afflict thee no more.

Nahum 1:13 And now I will break in pieces his rod with which he struck thy back, and I will burst thy bonds asunder.

Nahum 1:14 And the Lord will give a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name shall be sown: I will destroy the graven and molten thing out of the house of thy God, I will make it thy grave, for thou art disgraced.

Nahum 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: O Juda, keep thy festivals, and pay thy vows: for Belial shall no more pass through thee again, he is utterly cut off.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "break", "pieces", "struck", "back", "burst", "bonds", and "asunder". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "break" and "pieces", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Thus saith the Lord Though they were..." into verse 14's "And the Lord will give a commandment...", so "break" and "pieces" 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 "break" and "pieces" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.