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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Yahweh Will Destroy Nineveh

What[a] do you plot against Yahweh?
    He will completely destroy it;[b]
        trouble will not rise up a second time!
10 For like entangled thorns,
    and like their drink which is drunk,
        they will be consumed like fully dry chaff.
11 From you goes out one who plots evil against Yahweh,
    one who plans wickedness.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:9 Or “Why …?”
  2. Nahum 1:9 Literally “he will make a complete destruction”