Nahum 1:10
They entangle themselves like people caught in thorn bushes; they are like drunks full of drink. They will be completely burned up like dry straw.
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9Why are you plotting against the Lord? He will end it completely; misery won't arise twice.
11One of you is plotting evil against the Lord, someone who is planning wickedness.
Cross References
Exodus 15:7By your majestic power you destroyed those who opposed you. Your anger blazed out and burned them up like stubble.
2 Samuel 13:28Absalom gave orders to his men, saying, “Pay attention! When Amnon is feeling happy from drinking wine and I tell you, ‘Attack Amnon!’ then kill him. Don't be afraid. I myself am giving you this order. Be strong and be brave.”
Psalms 68:2Blow them away as if they were smoke; melt them like beeswax in a fire. Let the wicked die in God's presence.
Isaiah 9:18For wickedness blazes like a fire, burning up brambles and thorns, setting the forest on fire, sending a column of smoke swirling upwards.
Isaiah 27:4I'm not angry anymore. If there are thorns and brambles I would go and fight them, burning them all up,
Jeremiah 51:39But while their passions are aroused, I will serve them a banquet and get them drunk. They'll celebrate so much that they'll pass out and won't ever wake up, declares 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 →