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.

What are you scheming against the Lord?
    He will bring about utter desolation—
        adversity will not strike twice!
10 Indeed, while tangled as by a thorn bush,
    while drunken as by a strong drink,
        the Ninevites[a] will be burned like dry straw.
11 Someone has left you who plans evil against the Lord.
    He is a demonic counselor.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:10 Lit. they
  2. Nahum 1:11 Or a worthless counselor; Lit. a counselor of Belial