10 For they will be consumed
like entangled thorns,(A)
like the drink of a drunkard
and like straw that is fully dry.[a]
11 One has gone out from you,[b]
who plots evil against Yahweh,
and is a wicked counselor.

Promise of Judah’s Deliverance

12 This is what the Lord says:

Though they are strong[c] and numerous,
they will still be mowed down,
and he[d] will pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,[e](B)
I will afflict you no longer.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:10 Hb obscure
  2. Nahum 1:11 Possibly Nineveh
  3. Nahum 1:12 Lit intact
  4. Nahum 1:12 Either the king of Assyria or his army
  5. Nahum 1:12 = Judah

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