Nahum 1:11
There is gone forth out of thee he that devised evil against the Lord, the counsellor of infamous things.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:12And the sons of 'Eli were worthless men: they knew not the Lord.
2 Kings 18:13And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib the king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and seized on them.
2 Kings 19:22Whom hast thou blasphemed, and [whom] hast thou scorned? and against whom hast thou raised thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? against the Holy One of Israel.
2 Chronicles 32:15And now let not Hezekiah deceive you, and let him not mislead you in this manner, nor believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom whatever was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less will you Gods, deliver you out of my hand!
Nahum 1:9What will you devise against the Lord? he is bringing about an utter destruction, the distress shall not rise up twice.
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 →