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Why do you plot against the Lord?
    He will make an end;
    no adversary will rise up twice.(A)
10 Like thorns they are entangled;
    like drunkards they are drunk;
    they are consumed like dry straw.(B)
11 From you one has gone out
    who plots evil against the Lord,
    one who counsels wickedness.(C)

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What (A)do you plot against the Lord?
    (B)He will make a complete end;
    trouble will not rise up a second time.
10 For they are (C)like entangled thorns,
    like drunkards as they drink;
    (D)they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
11 From you came one
    (E)who plotted evil against the Lord,
    a worthless counselor.

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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.