Matthew Poole and continuators on Nahum 1:13

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

The Lord confirms the Prediction, by declaring how it should be done.

Er'e long, and in few years after this was done, though we cannot precisely determine how soon it was.

As that which is broken into pieces.

Sennacheribs, or [illegible: 2 letters]ther the Tyranny and Oppression of the Assyrian Kingdom.

O Israel, and Ierusalem.

Those unjust impositions, and edicts, which as strong bonds fastned his heavy yoke upon thy neck. They are the bonds of Assyria, as laid upon Israel, they are Israels bonds as born by Israel.