Whatever you[a] plot against the Lord,
he will bring it to complete destruction;(A)
oppression will not rise up a second time.
10 For they will be consumed
like entangled thorns,(B)
like the drink of a drunkard
and like straw that is fully dry.[b]
11 One has gone out from you,[c]
who plots evil against the Lord,
and is a wicked counselor.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:9 = Nineveh
  2. 1:10 Hb obscure
  3. 1:11 Possibly Nineveh

A challenge to God’s enemies

What are you plotting against the Lord?
        He is one who can annihilate!
        Distress will not arise twice.
10 They are tangled up like thorns,
        like drunkards in their cups.
    They are consumed like stubble
        that is entirely dried up.
11 From you[a] goes out
        one who plots evil against the Lord
            a worthless counselor!

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:11 you (feminine singular); likely Nineveh