Nahum 1:12-13

Nahum 1:12-13

[12] Thus saith  the LORD;  Though they be quiet,  and likewise many,  yet thus shall they be cut down,  when he shall pass through.  Though I have afflicted  [13] For now will I break  his yoke  thy bonds  in sunder. 

What does Nahum 1:12-13 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Emphasis now shifts from Assyria to Judah.
"In the form of an oracle ( Nahum 1:12, This is what the Lord says) to two parties in a legal dispute, God pronounces his verdicts alternately to Judah, for her acquittal and hope ( Nahum 1:12-13; Nahum 1:15; Nahum 2:2), and to Assyria, for her destruction ( Nahum 1:14; Nahum 2:1)." [1]