Nahum 1:9-15
1599 Geneva Bible
9 What do ye [a]imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter destruction: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
10 For he shall come as unto [b]thorns folden one in another, and as unto drunkards in their drunken-ness: they shall be devoured as stubble fully dried.
11 There [c]cometh one out of thee that imagineth evil against the Lord, even a wicked counselor.
12 Thus saith the Lord, Though they be [d]quiet, and also many, yet thus shall they be cut off when he shall pass by: though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
13 For now I will break his yoke from thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
14 And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee that no more of thy name be [e]sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven, and the molten image: I will make it thy grave for thee, for thou art vile.
15 (A)Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that declareth, and publisheth [f]peace: O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee: he is utterly cut off.
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- Nahum 1:9 He showeth that the enterprises of the Assyrians against Judah and the Church, were against God, and therefore he would so destroy them at once, that he should not need to return the second time.
- Nahum 1:10 Although the Assyrians think themselves like thorns that prick on all sides, yet the Lord will set fire on them, and as drunken men are not able to stand against any force, so they shall be nothing able to resist him.
- Nahum 1:11 Which may be understood either of Sennacherib, or of the whole body of the people of Nineveh.
- Nahum 1:12 Though they think themselves in most safety, and of greatest strength, yet when God shall pass by, he will destroy them: notwithstanding he comforteth his Church, and promiseth to make an end of punishing them by the Assyrians.
- Nahum 1:14 Meaning, Sennacherib, who should have no more children, but be slain in the house of his gods, 2 Kings 19:36, 37.
- Nahum 1:15 Which peace the Jews should enjoy by the death of Sennacherib.
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