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Nahum 1:13

For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”

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ASV

And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

KJV

For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

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6 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּ֕הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258 →
אֶשְׁבֹּ֥ר'esh.BorI will breakH7665 →
מֹטֵ֖הוּmo.Te.huyoke-bar hisH4132 →
מֵֽעָלָ֑יִךְme.'a.La.yikhfrom on <the> youH5921 →
וּמוֹסְרֹתַ֖יִךְu.mos.ro.Ta.yikhand fetters yourH4147 →
אֲנַתֵּֽק׃'a.na.TekI will tear apartH5423 →

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Isaiah 10:27On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.Isaiah 9:4For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.Jeremiah 30:8On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.Isaiah 14:25I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”Psalms 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.Micah 5:5–6And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.Jeremiah 28:4And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”

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