Nahum 1:14 (LSB)

Passage

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.”

Nearby Context

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 "yahweh", "commanded", "concerning", "longer", "seed", "name", "house", and "gods". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "commanded", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "So now I will break his yoke..." into verse 15's "Behold on the mountains the feet of...", so "yahweh" and "commanded" 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 "yahweh" and "commanded" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.