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10 Like entangled thorns they are consumed,[a]
    like dry stubble.
11 Did one not[b] come out from you,
    who plotted evil against the Lord,
    and counseled villainy?

Good News for Judah

12 Thus says the Lord,
“Though they be strong and many,[c]
    they will be cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
    I will afflict you no more.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:10 Heb are consumed, drunken as with their drink
  2. Nahum 1:11 Cn: Heb fully
  3. Nahum 1:12 Heb uncertain

10 They will be entangled among thorns(A)
    and drunk(B) from their wine;
    they will be consumed like dry stubble.[a](C)
11 From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
    who plots evil against the Lord
    and devises wicked plans.

12 This is what the Lord says:

“Although they have allies and are numerous,
    they will be destroyed(D) and pass away.
Although I have afflicted you, Judah,
    I will afflict you no more.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.