Nahum 1:11

From thee hath come forth a deviser of evil Against Jehovah — a worthless counsellor.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10For while princes [are] perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.

12Thus said Jehovah: Though complete, and thus many, Yet thus they have been cut off, And he hath passed away. And I afflicted thee, I afflict thee no more.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:12and the sons of Eli [are] sons of worthlessness, they have not known Jehovah.

2 Kings 18:13And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah hath Sennacherib king of Asshur come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them,

2 Kings 19:22Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up a voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes — Against the Holy One of Israel!

2 Chronicles 32:15'And, now, let not Hezekiah lift you up, nor persuade you thus, nor give credence to him, for no god of any nation and kingdom is able to deliver his people from my hand, and from the hand of my fathers: also, surely your God doth not deliver you from my hand!'

Nahum 1:9What do we devise against Jehovah? An end He is making, arise not twice doth distress.

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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