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10 You will be destroyed completely
    like thornbushes burning under a pot.
You will be destroyed
    like dry weeds that burn quickly.

11 Someone from Nineveh is making evil plans against the Lord.
    That advisor is a worthless troublemaker.
12 This is what the Lord said:
“The people of Assyria are at full strength.
    They have many soldiers, but they will all be cut down.
    They will all be finished.
My people, I made you suffer,
    but I will make you suffer no more.

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10 They will be entangled among thorns(A)
    and drunk(B) from their wine;
    they will be consumed like dry stubble.[a](C)
11 From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
    who plots evil against the Lord
    and devises wicked plans.

12 This is what the Lord says:

“Although they have allies and are numerous,
    they will be destroyed(D) and pass away.
Although I have afflicted you, Judah,
    I will afflict you no more.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.