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10 Like thorns they are entangled,
    like drunkards they are drunk;
    they are consumed like dry straw.
11 From you one has gone out
    who plots evil against the Lord,
    one who counsels wickedness.

Good News for Judah

12 Thus says the Lord,
‘Though they are at full strength and many,[a]
    they will be cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
    I will afflict you no more.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:12 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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.