Nahum 1:12-14

GOD’S WORD Translation

Nineveh Will Fall

¹²This is what the Lord says:
Though the people of Nineveh are physically fit and many in number,
they will be cut down and die.
Though I have humbled you, Judah,
I will not humble you again.
¹³But now I will break Nineveh’s yoke ^[a] off of you
and tear its chains from you.

¹⁴The Lord has given this command about you, Nineveh:
You will no longer have descendants to carry on your name.
I will remove the wooden and metal idols from the temple of your gods.
I will prepare your grave because you are worthless.^[b]

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Footnotes

1:13 A yoke is a wooden bar placed over the necks of work animals so that they can pull plows or carts.
1:14 Nahum 1:15 in English Bibles is Nahum 2:1 in the Hebrew Bible.