Nahum 1:12
Thus saith the LORD; Though they are quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counselor.
13For now I will break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds asunder.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:35And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Isaiah 7:20In the same day will the LORD shave with a razor that is hired, namely , by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Isaiah 10:32As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 17:14And behold at the time of evening trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that ravage us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Isaiah 30:28And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
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 →