12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has [a]performed all His work (A)on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, (B)“I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:12 completed

12 When the Lord has finished all his work(A) against Mount Zion(B) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria(C) for the willful pride(D) of his heart and the haughty look(E) in his eyes.

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(A)Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon,
With fine branches that shaded the forest,
And of high stature;
And its top was among the thick boughs.

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Consider Assyria,(A) once a cedar in Lebanon,(B)
    with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;
it towered on high,
    its top above the thick foliage.(C)

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11 therefore I will deliver it into the hand of the (A)mighty one of the nations, and he shall surely deal with it; I have driven it out for its wickedness.

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11 I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside,(A)

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12 And aliens, (A)the most terrible of the nations, have cut it down and left it; its branches have fallen (B)on the mountains and in all the valleys; its boughs lie (C)broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the peoples of the earth have gone from under its shadow and left it.

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12 and the most ruthless of foreign nations(A) cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys;(B) its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it.(C)

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It shall come to pass that all who look upon you
(A)Will flee from you, and say,
(B)‘Nineveh is laid waste!
(C)Who will bemoan her?’
Where shall I seek comforters for you?”

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All who see you will flee(A) from you and say,
    ‘Nineveh(B) is in ruins(C)—who will mourn for her?’(D)
    Where can I find anyone to comfort(E) you?”

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18 (A)Your shepherds slumber, O (B)king of Assyria;
Your nobles rest in the dust.
Your people are (C)scattered on the mountains,
And no one gathers them.

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18 King of Assyria, your shepherds[a] slumber;(A)
    your nobles lie down to rest.(B)
Your people are scattered(C) on the mountains
    with no one to gather them.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:18 That is, rulers

19 Your injury has no healing,
(A)Your wound is severe.
(B)All who hear news of you
Will clap their hands over you,
For upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?

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19 Nothing can heal you;(A)
    your wound is fatal.
All who hear the news about you
    clap their hands(B) at your fall,
for who has not felt
    your endless cruelty?(C)

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