Nahum 1:11

One has gone out of you who devises evil against the LORD, who counsels wickedness.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

10For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.

12The LORD says: “Though they are in full strength and likewise many, even so they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know the LORD.

2 Kings 18:13Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.

2 Kings 19:22Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!

2 Chronicles 32:15Now therefore don’t let Hezekiah deceive you nor persuade you in this way. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand?”

Nahum 1:9What do you plot against the LORD? He will make a full end. Affliction won’t rise up the 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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