Nahum 1:11

From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

In Context

10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.

12This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

2 Kings 18:13In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.

2 Kings 19:22Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

2 Chronicles 32:15So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”

Nahum 1:9Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

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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