Nahum 1:9-11
Amplified Bible
9
Whatever [plot] you [Assyrians] devise against the Lord,
He will make a complete end of it;
Affliction [of God’s people by the hand of Assyria] will not occur twice.
10
Like tangled thorn branches [gathered for fuel],
And like those drowned in drunkenness,
[a]The people of Nineveh are consumed [through fire]
Like stubble completely withered and dry [in the day of the Lord’s wrath].(A)
11
From you [O Nineveh],
One has gone forth who plotted evil against the Lord,
A malevolent [b]counselor [the king of Assyria].(B)
Footnotes
- Nahum 1:10 Lit They.
- Nahum 1:11 The reference here may be to Sennacherib, who reigned over Assyria from 705-681 b.c. He led an attack on Judah (the Southern Kingdom) in 701 b.c.
Nahum 1:9-11
New International Version
9 Whatever they plot(A) against the Lord
he will bring[a] to an end;
trouble will not come a second time.
10 They will be entangled among thorns(B)
and drunk(C) from their wine;
they will be consumed like dry stubble.[b](D)
11 From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
who plots evil against the Lord
and devises wicked plans.
Footnotes
- Nahum 1:9 Or What do you foes plot against the Lord? / He will bring it
- Nahum 1:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
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