Nahum 3:11
Even thou art drunken, thou art hidden, Even thou dost seek a strong place, because of an enemy.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:11And revealed are both of them unto the station of the Philistines, and the Philistines say, 'Lo, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hid themselves.'
Isaiah 2:10Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency.
Isaiah 29:9Tarry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.
Isaiah 63:6And I tread down peoples in mine anger, And I make them drunk in my fury, And I bring down to earth their strength.
Jeremiah 8:14Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.
Jeremiah 25:27And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts God of Israel, Drink ye, yea drink abundantly, And vomit, and fall, and rise not, Because of the sword that I am sending among you.
Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:9-19
The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11… Read the whole commentary →