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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]

The Lord’s Rebuke to Assyria

12 This is what the Lord says:
“No matter how strong they are,[c]
    and no matter how numerous,
        they will surely be annihilated[d] and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,[e]
    I will do so no more.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:10 Lit. they
  2. Nahum 1:11 Or a worthless counselor; Lit. a counselor of Belial
  3. Nahum 1:12 The Heb. lacks they are
  4. Nahum 1:12 Lit. be cut down
  5. Nahum 1:12 The Heb. lacks you