Nahum 1:10

Thorns, tangled and drenched, they are consumed like dry stubble.

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In The King James Version

For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

In Context

9Why do you plot against the Lord? He will end you. He only takes vengeance once.

11Nineveh! From you has arisen one who plots evil against the Lord, a counsellor of wickedness.

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Cross References

Psalms 68:2As smoke before wind is driven, as wax melts before fire, so before God vanish the wicked.

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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