Nahum 1:10-12

Revised Standard Version

¹⁰ Like entangled thorns they are consumed,^[a]
    like dry stubble.
¹¹ Did one not^[b] come out from you,
    who plotted evil against the Lord,
    and counseled villainy?

¹² Thus says the Lord,
“Though they be strong and many,^[c]
    they will be cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
    I will afflict you no more.