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11 From you[a] goes out
        one who plots evil against the Lord
            a worthless counselor!

Reassurance for God’s people

12 The Lord proclaims:
Though once they were a healthy and numerous force,
        they have been cut off and have disappeared.
I have afflicted you;
        I won’t afflict you further, Zion.[b]
13 Now I will break off his yoke from you
        and tear off your chains.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:11 you (feminine singular); likely Nineveh
  2. Nahum 1:12 Heb lacks Zion.

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