Nahum 1:10
For the enemy shall be laid bare even to the foundation, and shall be devoured as twisted yew, and as stubble fully dry.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
11Out of you shall proceed a device against the Lord, counselling evil things hostile to him.
Cross References
Exodus 15:7And in the abundance of your glory you have broken the adversaries to pieces: you sent forth your wrath, it devoured them as stubble.
2 Samuel 13:28And Abessalom charged his servants, saying, Mark when the heart of Amnon shall be merry with wine, and I shall say to you, Strike Amnon, and kill him: fear not; for is it not I that command you? Be courageous, + 13:28 Gr. and become sons of strength. and be valiant.
Psalms 68:2I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me. 1
Isaiah 9:18And iniquity shall burn as fire, and shall be devoured by fire as dry grass: and it shall burn in the thickets of the wood, and shall devour all that is round about the hills.
Isaiah 27:4There is no woman that has not taken hold of it; who will set me to watch stubble in the field? because of this enemy I have set her aside; therefore on this account the Lord has done all that he appointed.
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 →