10 For they will be consumed
like entangled thorns,(A)
like the drink of a drunkard
and like straw that is fully dry.[a]
11 One has gone out from you,[b]
who plots evil against the Lord,
and is a wicked counselor.

Promise of Judah’s Deliverance

12 This is what the Lord says:

Though they are strong[c] and numerous,
they will still be mowed down,
and he[d] will pass away.
Though I have punished you,[e](B)
I will punish you no longer.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:10 Hb obscure
  2. 1:11 Possibly Nineveh
  3. 1:12 Lit intact
  4. 1:12 Either the king of Assyria or his army
  5. 1:12 = Judah

10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble. 11 One has gone out of you who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.

12 Yahweh says: “Though they are in full strength and likewise many, even so they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

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