Whatever you (A)devise against the Lord,
He will make a (B)complete end of it.
Distress will not rise up twice.
10 Like tangled (C)thorns,
And like those who are (D)drunken with their drink,
They are (E)consumed
Like stubble completely dried up.
11 From you has gone out
One who (F)plotted evil against the Lord,
A [a](G)wicked counselor.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:11 Or worthless; Heb Belial

What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed [a]utterly as dry stubble. 11 There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, [b]that counselleth [c]wickedness.

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  1. Nahum 1:10 Or, as stubble fully dry
  2. Nahum 1:11 Or, a wicked counsellor
  3. Nahum 1:11 Or, worthlessness. Hebrew Belial.

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:9 Or What do you foes plot against the Lord? / He will bring it
  2. Nahum 1:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.