Nahum 1:13 (WEB)

Passage

Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:11 There is one gone out of you, who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.

Nahum 1:12 Yahweh says: “Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

Nahum 1:13 Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”

Nahum 1:14 Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.”

Nahum 1:15 Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "break", "yoke", "burst", "bonds", 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 "Yahweh says Though they be in full..." into verse 14's "Yahweh has commanded concerning you No more...", 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.