Nahum 1:10
For while princes [are] perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9What do we devise against Jehovah? An end He is making, arise not twice doth distress.
11From thee hath come forth a deviser of evil Against Jehovah — a worthless counsellor.
Cross References
Exodus 15:7And in the abundance of Thine excellency Thou throwest down Thy withstanders, Thou sendest forth Thy wrath — It consumeth them as stubble.
2 Samuel 13:28And Absalom commandeth his young men, saying, 'See, I pray thee, when the heart of Amnon [is] glad with wine, and I have said unto you, Smite Amnon, that ye have put him to death; fear not; is it not because I have commanded you? be strong, yea, become sons of valour.'
Psalms 68:2As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.
Isaiah 9:18For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!
Isaiah 27:4Fury is not in Me; Who giveth Me a brier — a thorn in battle? I step into it, I burn it at once.
Jeremiah 51:39In their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a sleep age-during, And awake not — an affirmation of Jehovah.
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 →