Nahum 1:10

For they will become tangled up like thornbushes; they will be saturated in their own drink; 1 they will be completely devoured by fire like dry stubble. 1

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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

9What are you people plotting against Yahweh? 1 He will make a full end to it; trouble will not rise up a second time. 1

11Someone arose among you, Nineveh, who planned evil against Yahweh, someone who promoted wickedness. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 15:7In great majesty you overthrew those who rose up against you. 1 You sent out your wrath; it consumed them like stubble. 1

2 Samuel 13:28Absalom commanded his servants saying, “Listen closely. When Amnon begins to be affected by the wine, and when I say to you, 'Attack Amnon,' then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and brave.”

Psalms 68:2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; 1 as wax melts before the fire, 1 so let the wicked perish in the presence of God. 1

Isaiah 9:18Wickedness burns like a fire; it devours the briers and thorns; 1 it even burns the thickets of the forest, which rise in a column of smoke. 1

Isaiah 27:4I am not angry, Oh, that there were briers and thorns! 1 In battle I would march against them; I would burn them all together; 1

Jeremiah 51:39When they become hot with greed, I will make a feast for them; I will make them drunk so they become happy, 1 and then sleep an unending sleep and not wake up—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1

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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