Nahum 1:11

He has gone forth out of thee, who devises evil against LORD, who counsels wickedness.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

In Context

10For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.

12Thus says LORD: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they shall be cut down. And he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not LORD.

2 Kings 18:13Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

2 Kings 19:22Whom have thou defied and blasphemed? And against whom have thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? [Even] against the Holy One of Israel.

2 Chronicles 32:15Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe ye him. For no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much

Nahum 1:9What do ye devise against LORD? He will make a full end. Affliction shall not rise up the second time.

Matthew Henry on Nahum 1:10-15

Destruction of the Assyrian Army; Overthrow of Sennacherib. ( b. c. 710.) 9 What do ye imagine against the Lord ? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord , a wicked counsellor. 12 Thus saith the Lord ; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when… Read the whole commentary →

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