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Nahum 1:13

Western Saints

Jerome

And now I will break his rod from your back, and I will break your chains. LXX: And now I will break his rod from you: and I will break his chains. Finally, He says: And now I will break his rod, that is, the Assyrian's, from your back, and I will snap your chains: either by metaphor, signifying his power, or certainly, the rod with which he was trying to strike, and the chains which he was preparing for captives: although it can also be understood as the siege of a closed multitude in place of chains. …

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