Catholic Public Domain Version
"And now I will shatter his rod from your back, and I will break open your bonds. "
— Nahum 1:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.”
“And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. ”
“Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart."”
“And now, I will break Assyria’s yoke bar from your neck; I will tear apart the shackles that are on you.””
“And now I will break in pieces his rod with which he struck thy back, and I will burst thy bonds asunder.”
“And now I will let his yoke be broken off you, and your chains be parted.”
“For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.”
For just as thorns entwine one another, so also, while they are feasting and drinking together, they will be consumed like stubble that is completely dry.
Out of you will go forth one who thinks up evil against the Lord, dragging betrayals through his mind.
Thus says the Lord: If they had been perfect, and many of them so, yet still they would be pruned, and it will cross through them. I have afflicted you, and I shall afflict you no more.
And now I will shatter his rod from your back, and I will break open your bonds.
And the Lord will place a commandment over you; nothing more from your name will be sown. From the house of your God, I will order destroyed the graven image and the molten image. I will prepare your grave, because you are not honorable.
Behold, over the mountains, the feet of the Evangelizer and the Announcer of peace. Judah, celebrate your festivals and keep your vows. For Belial will never again pass through you; he has completely passed away.