Nahum 1:13 (LSB)

Passage

So now, I will break his yoke bar from upon you, And I will break your bands apart.”

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:11 From you has gone forth One who devised evil against Yahweh, A vile counselor.

Nahum 1:12 Thus says Yahweh, “Though they are at full strength and likewise many, Even so, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer.

Nahum 1:13 So now, I will break his yoke bar from upon you, And I will break your bands apart.”

Nahum 1:14 And Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “There will no longer be seed from your name. From the house of your gods, I will cut off graven image and molten image. I will prepare your grave, For you are contemptible.”

Nahum 1:15 Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who proclaims good news, Who announces peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; Pay your vows. For never again will the vile one pass through you; He is cut off completely.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "break", "yoke", "upon", "bands", and "apart". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "break" and "yoke", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Thus says Yahweh Though they are at..." into verse 14's "And Yahweh has commanded concerning you There...", so "break" and "yoke" 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 "yoke" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.