Nahum 1:10-12

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Like tangled thorn branches [gathered for fuel],
And like those drowned in drunkenness,
^[a]The people of Nineveh are consumed [through fire]
Like stubble completely withered and dry [in the day of the Lord’s wrath].^(A)
¹¹
From you [O Nineveh],
One has gone forth who plotted evil against the Lord,
A malevolent ^[b]counselor [the king of Assyria].^(B)

¹²This is what the Lord says,

“Though they are at full strength and many in number,
Even so, they will be cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you and caused you grief [O Jerusalem],
I will afflict you no longer.^(C)

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Footnotes

Nahum 1:10 Lit They.
Nahum 1:11 The reference here may be to Sennacherib, who reigned over Assyria from 705-681 b.c. He led an attack on Judah (the Southern Kingdom) in 701 b.c.