Nahum 1:11

Translations

Modern

From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.

Traditional

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

Literal

From you came forth one devising evil plots against YHWH, a counselor of wickedness.

Latin

Ex te exibit cogitans contra Dominum malitiam, mente pertractans prævaricationem.

Original

Hebrew

English

From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.

Notes

Nahum 1:11

The counselor of wickedness refers to the Assyrian king. God also addressed the arrogance of an Assyrian king during Hezekiah’s time (around 701 BC; see 2 Kings 19:35–36). Assyria’s counselor of wickedness contrasts with the coming Messiah, the king who is a "Wonderful Counselor" (Isaiah 9:6).

Nahum 1:7–11

This second stanza (see study note on Nahum 1:2–11) focuses on God’s rule, righteousness, and justice in the way he deals with all people.

Nahum 1:2–11

This short hymn (a song of praise about God) has two stanzas (1:2–6, 7–11). It speaks about God’s supreme power and authority.

Events

Prophecies of Nahumc. 663 BC

Related verses

Nahum 1:9
Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
2 Chronicles 13:7
Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
1 Samuel 2:12
Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
2 Kings 18:30
Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
2 Samuel 20:1
Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
2 Chronicles 32:15–19
So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
2 Kings 19:22–25
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
2 Kings 18:13–14
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
Isaiah 10:7–15
But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.

Parallels

Jonah 1:1–3

Glossary

Acrostic Book of Nahum

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