12 This is what the Lord says:

“Though they are at full strength and so they are many,
So also they will be (A)cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you (B)no longer.
13 So now, I will (C)break his yoke from upon you,
And I will tear your shackles to pieces.”

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Promise of Judah’s Deliverance

12 This is what the Lord says:

Though they are strong[a] and numerous,
they will still be mowed down,
and he[b] will pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,[c](A)
I will afflict you no longer.(B)
13 For I will now break off his yoke from you
and tear off your shackles.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:12 Lit intact
  2. Nahum 1:12 Either the king of Assyria or his army
  3. Nahum 1:12 = Judah