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Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart."
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A Promise of Liberation
Commentators agree this verse is a direct promise from God to free His people from the oppressive 'yoke' of the Assyrian empire. This was historically fulfilled in events like the miraculous destruction of Sennacherib's army, which marked the beginning of Assyria's downfall and the liberation of Judah.
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Nahum
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For now will I break his yoke from off thee - God, lest His own should despair, does not put them off altogether to a distant day, …
19th Century
Anglican
Now will I break. —Similarly Isaiah, “I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountain tread him under foot…
16th Century
Protestant
He confirms what the former verse contains: that God would now cease from His severity. For He says that the deliverance of this chosen people was …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For now will I break his yoke from off thee The Assyrian yoke from off the Jews, who had been obliged to pay tribute, or …
There is a great deal plotted against the Lord by the gates of hell, and against his kingdom in the world, but it will prove to be in vain. With so…
