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12 This is what the LORD says: |Even though they are powerful--and what is more, even though their army is numerous--nevertheless, they will be destroyed and trickle away! Although I afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. 13 And now, I will break Assyria's yoke bar from your neck; I will tear apart the shackles that are on you.| 14 The LORD has issued a decree against you: |Your dynasty will come to an end. I will destroy the idols and images in the temples of your gods. I will desecrate your grave--because you are accursed!| 15 Look! A herald is running on the mountains! A messenger is proclaiming deliverance: |Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah! Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God! For never again will the wicked Assyrians invade you, they have been completely destroyed.| Nahum 1:12-15, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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