Nahum 1:9

Why are you plotting against the Lord? He will end it completely; misery won't arise twice.

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In The King James Version

What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

In Context

8but those who oppose him will be swept away by a tremendous flood to their destruction. He pursues his enemies into the darkness of death.

10They 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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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:8Abishai said to David, “God has handed your enemy over to you today. So please let me spear him to the ground in one go. I won't need to do it twice!”

Psalms 2:1Why are the nations plotting rebellion? The peoples devise schemes, but they're pointless.

Psalms 33:10The Lord foils the decisions of the nations, he frustrates the plans of the peoples,

Isaiah 8:9Pay attention, you nations, and be smashed! Listen, all you distant lands, get ready, but you will be smashed. Get ready, but you will be smashed.

Nahum 1:11One of you is plotting evil against the Lord, someone who is planning wickedness.

2 Corinthians 10:5Every high wall that stands tall and proud against the knowledge of God is knocked down. Every rebel idea is captured and brought into obedient agreement with Christ.

Matthew Henry on Nahum 1:3-9

The Judgment of Nineveh; The Awful Power of God. ( b. c. 710.) 2 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. 3 The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel,… Read the whole commentary →

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