Nahum 1:10-12

Common English Bible

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!

¹² The Lord proclaims:
Though once they were a healthy and numerous force,
        they have been cut off and have disappeared.
I have afflicted you;
        I won’t afflict you further, Zion.^[b]