Nahum 1:13

“For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.”

Shares the image of a broken yoke, symbolizing liberation from oppression.

“In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because you have grown so fat.”

Similar imagery of a yoke being broken, representing freedom.

““Long ago you broke off your yoke and tore off your bonds; you said, ‘I will not serve you!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every spreading tree you lay down as a prostitute.”

Mirrors the concept of breaking yokes/bonds, but in a negative sense of rebellion.

“The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.”

Connects the breaking of yokes with deliverance and prosperity.