Nahum 1:11

Nahum 1:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.
• New International Version (NIV)From you, Nineveh, has one come forth who plots evil against the Lord and devises wicked plans.
• English Standard Version (ESV)From you came one who plotted evil against the Lord, a worthless counselor.
• New King James Version (NKJV)From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.

Context of Nahum 1:11

9The Lord will stop anything that you decide to do immediately. He does not let his enemies have a second chance. 10He will kill them. And then it will be like when thorn bushes have caught people. Or it will be like when they have drunk too much alcohol. It will be like when someone burns dry straw. The Lord tells the king of Nineveh that he has done bad things against God. And the king has told his people that they should do wrong things. 12The Lord has said, ‘The people in Nineveh are many. And they think that they are safe. But I will kill them. I have punished you, my people, before now. But I will not punish you any more. 13Now I will make you free from the people from Nineveh. And I will break the things that are holding you like iron.’

Nahum 1:11 word by word

מִמֵּ֣ךְ יָצָ֔א חֹשֵׁ֥ב עַל־יְהוָ֖ה רָעָ֑ה יֹעֵ֖ץ בְּלִיָּֽעַל׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• come outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• of thee, that imaginethחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: deviseH2803
• evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• against the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• a wickedבְּלִיַּ֫עַלbelîya‛al · Belial: worthlessH1100
• counsellorיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289

Cross-references for Nahum 1:11

• Nahum 1:9The Lord will stop anything that you decide to do immediately. He does not let his enemies have a second chance.
• 2 Kings 18:13When Hezekiah had ruled Judah for 14 years, King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked Judah with his army. He took all the strong cities in Judah for himself.
• 2 Kings 19:22Who do you think it is that you have insulted? Who have you shouted at? Who have you looked at so proudly? The answer is the Holy God of Israel!
• 2 Chronicles 32:15Do not let Hezekiah deceive you with his lies. Do not believe him. No god of any nation or kingdom has been able to save his people from me or from my ancestors. So your God certainly cannot save you from my power! ’
• Isaiah 10:7But Assyria's ruler has other ideas. He does not understand that he is my weapon. He wants his army to destroy many nations, so that they have no power.
• 1 Samuel 2:12Eli's sons were wicked men. They did not respect the Lord.
• 2 Samuel 20:1There was a wicked man there in Gilgal. His name was Sheba. He was Bicri's son, who belonged to Benjamin's tribe. He made a loud noise with a trumpet and then he shouted, ‘Israelite people, we have nothing to do with Jesse's son, David! We do not belong to his kingdom! So we should all return to our homes.’
• 2 Chronicles 13:7He took some wicked useless men to join his group. They made themselves strong against Solomon's son, Rehoboam. Rehoboam was young and he had not been king for very long. So he was not strong enough to stop them.

Commentaries on Nahum 1:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Imagineth evil against the Lord - Such were Pul, 2 Kings 15:10, Tiglath-pileser, 2 Kings 15:29; Shalmaneser, 2 Kings 17:6; and Sennacherib, 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 19:23. A wicked counsellor - Sennacherib and Rabshakeh.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 There is a great deal plotted against the Lord by the gates of hell, and against his kingdom in the world; but it will prove in vain. With some sinners God makes quick despatch; and one way or other, he will make an utter end of all his enemies. Though they are quiet, and many very secure, and not in fear, they shall be cut down as grass and corn, when the destroying angel passes through. God would hereby work great deliverance for his own…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. The cause of Nineveh's overthrow: Sennacherib's plots against Judah. come out of thee--O Nineveh. From thyself shall arise the source of thy own ruin. Thou shalt have only thyself to blame for it. imagineth evil--Sennacherib carried out the imaginations of his countrymen (Na 1:9) against the Lord and His people (2Ki 19:22, 23). a wicked counsellor--literally, "a counsellor of Belial." Belial means "without profit," worthless, and so bad (1Sa 25:25…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Adversary
• Vengeance
• Imagine
• Job, Book of
• Nahum; the Book of

Commentaries on Nahum 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings