Nahum 1:14
And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
Nahum 1, including this verse, belongs to a prophecy chiefly concerning Nineveh, the wicked capital of Assyria. The verse presents Nineveh's destruction as a command from the Lord because it is vile. That no more of its name will be sown means its name and descendants will cease with no continuing line. That God will cut off the graven and molten image out of the house of its gods means its idols will be destroyed and removed from its temples. That God will make its grave means a grave will be made for its vile ruler where the wicked king is buried, using the Hebrew word kever meaning a grave, one of about forty-seven Old Testament passages where it is so translated.
Its grave was made when Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city around 612 B.C., burying its grandeur and splendor, after which Babylon rose to rule in its place. Nineveh serves as a type of many later cities. Nineveh's fate is an example of God punishing guilty nations for violating his laws.
The chapter portrays the Second Advent and the day of God. In connection with the day of preparation in Nahum 2, the chapter shows that preparation is for the Second Advent and that the warning about God's judgment and the coming of Christ belongs to the time leading up to it.
The verse shows God's command that Satan, the wicked one, is utterly cut off and shall no more pass through Judah, with God breaking his yoke from His afflicted people, bursting their bonds, and afflicting them no more. With the whole course of sin before Him, God will make a full end so that affliction shall not rise up the second time, with the wicked consumed utterly as dry stubble, entangled like thorns and drunken with drink, and the last harvest of their wicked sowing gathered for the flames of final justice. This cutting off brings good tidings that publishes peace, so that Judah may keep her feasts and perform her vows, showing that the end of the reign of sin is not the end for those who stay faithful to God, with wars and rumors of wars troubling them no more.