Nahum 1:10
For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
11One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.
Cross References
Exodus 15:7When you are lifted up in power, all those who come against you are crushed: when you send out your wrath, they are burned up like dry grass.
2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear.
Psalms 68:2\68:1\Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him.
Isaiah 9:18For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.
Isaiah 27:4My passion is over: if the thorns were fighting against me, I would make an attack on them, and they would be burned up together.
Jeremiah 51:39When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.
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 →