Nahum 1:11

From you has come forth a deviser of evil || Against YHWH—a worthless counselor.

Literal Standard 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 while princes [are] perplexed, || And with their drink are drunken, || They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.

12Thus said YHWH: “Though complete, and thus many, || Yet thus they have been cut off, || And he has passed away. Though I afflicted you, I afflict you no longer.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:12and the sons of Eli [are] sons of worthlessness, they have not known YHWH.

2 Kings 18:13And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Asshur has come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and seizes them,

2 Kings 19:22Whom have you reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up a voice? Indeed, you lift up your eyes on high—Against the Holy One of Israel!

2 Chronicles 32:15And now, do not let Hezekiah lift you up, nor persuade you thus, nor give credence to him, for no god of any nation and kingdom is able to deliver his people from my hand and from the hand of my fathers: also, surely your God does not deliver you from my hand!”

Nahum 1:9What do we devise against YHWH? He is making an end, distress does not arise 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 →

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