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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 counsellor.

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 Litintact
  4. 1:12 Either the king of Assyria or his army
  5. 1:12 = Judah

10 They will be entangled among thorns(A)
    and drunk(B) from their wine;
    they will be consumed like dry stubble.[a](C)
11 From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
    who plots evil against the Lord
    and devises wicked plans.

12 This is what the Lord says:

“Although they have allies and are numerous,
    they will be destroyed(D) and pass away.
Although I have afflicted you, Judah,
    I will afflict you no more.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

10 For while tangled (A)like thorns,
(B)And while drunken like drunkards,
(C)They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
11 From you comes forth one
Who plots evil against the Lord,
A [a]wicked counselor.

12 Thus says the Lord:

“Though they are [b]safe, and likewise many,
Yet in this manner they will be (D)cut down
When he passes through.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no more;

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:11 Lit. counselor of Belial
  2. Nahum 1:12 Or at peace or complete