Nahum 1:10
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry.

while they be.

2 Samuel 23:6,7 But transgressors shall all of them be plucked up as thorns: which are not taken away with hands. . . .

Micah 7:4 He that is best among them, is as a brier, and he that is righteous, as the thorn of the hedge. The day of thy inspection, thy visitation cometh: now shall be their destruction.

1 Thessalonians 5:2,3 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night. . . .

drunken.

Nahum 3:11 Therefore thou also shalt be made drunk, and shalt be despised: and thou shalt seek help from the enemies.

1 Samuel 25:36 And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold he had a feast in his house, like the feast of a king: and Nabal's heart was merry, for he was very drunk: and she told him nothing less or more until morning.

2 Samuel 13:28 And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying: Take notice when Ammon shall be drunk with wine, and when I shall say to you: Strike him, and kill him, fear not: for it is I that command you: take courage, and be valiant men.

Jeremiah 51:39,57 In their heat I will set them drink: and I will make them drunk, that they may slumber, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and awake no more, saith the Lord. . . .

they shall.

Psalm 68:2 As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness is kindled as a fire, it shall devour the brier and the thorn: and shall kindle in the thicket of the forest, and it shall be wrapped up in smoke ascending on high.

Isaiah 10:17-19 And the light of Israel shall be as a fire, and the Holy One thereof as a flame: and his thorns and his briers shall be set on fire, and shall be devoured in one day. . . .

Isaiah 27:4 There is no indignation in me: who shall make me a thorn and a brier in battle: shall I march against it, shall, I set it on fire together?

Malachi 4:1 For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor branch.

Context
The Oracle of Nineveh
9What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make an utter end: there shall not rise a double affliction. 10For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry.11Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:6
But transgressors shall all of them be plucked up as thorns: which are not taken away with hands.

Psalm 118:12
They surrounded me like bees, and they burned like fire among thorns: and in the name of the Lord I was revenged on them.

Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and the heat of the flame consumeth it: so shall their root be as ashes, and their bud shall go up as dust: for they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and have blasphemed the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness is kindled as a fire, it shall devour the brier and the thorn: and shall kindle in the thicket of the forest, and it shall be wrapped up in smoke ascending on high.

Isaiah 10:17
And the light of Israel shall be as a fire, and the Holy One thereof as a flame: and his thorns and his briers shall be set on fire, and shall be devoured in one day.

Isaiah 47:14
Behold they are as stubble, fire hath burnt them, they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flames: there are no coals wherewith they may be warmed, nor fire, that they may sit thereat.

Isaiah 56:12
Come, let us take wine, and be filled with drunkenness: and it shall be as to day, so also to morrow, and much more.

Micah 7:4
He that is best among them, is as a brier, and he that is righteous, as the thorn of the hedge. The day of thy inspection, thy visitation cometh: now shall be their destruction.

Nahum 3:11
Therefore thou also shalt be made drunk, and shalt be despised: and thou shalt seek help from the enemies.

Malachi 4:1
For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor branch.

Lexicon
For
כִּ֚י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

they will be entangled
סְבֻכִ֔ים (sə·ḇu·ḵîm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5440: To interweave

as with
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

thorns
סִירִ֣ים (sî·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5518: A pot, a thorn, a hook

and consumed
אֻ֨כְּל֔וּ (’uk·kə·lū)
Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

like the drink
וּכְסָבְאָ֖ם (ū·ḵə·sā·ḇə·’ām)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5435: A drink, liquor

of a drunkard—
סְבוּאִ֑ים (sə·ḇū·’îm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5433: To quaff to satiety, become tipsy

like stubble
כְּקַ֥שׁ (kə·qaš)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7179: Stubble, chaff

that is fully
מָלֵֽא׃ (mā·lê)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4390: To fill, be full of

dry.
יָבֵ֖שׁ (yā·ḇêš)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3002: Dry, dried


Additional Translations
For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.For while they be entwined together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.

For the enemy shall be laid bare even to the foundation, and shall be devoured as twisted yew, and as stubble fully dry.

Though they be tangled together [as] thorns, and be as drenched from their drink, they shall be devoured as dry stubble, completely.

For though they be like tangled thorns, told be drenched as it were in their drink, they shall be devoured utterly as dry stubble.

For while they are folded together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.

For while princes are perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.
Jump to Previous
Completely Consumed Destruction Devoured Dried Drink Drunk Drunkards Drunken Dry Entangled Folded Fully Grass Overcome Perplexed Princes Stems Stubble Thorns Together Twisted Utterly Wine Withered
Jump to Next
Completely Consumed Destruction Devoured Dried Drink Drunk Drunkards Drunken Dry Entangled Folded Fully Grass Overcome Perplexed Princes Stems Stubble Thorns Together Twisted Utterly Wine Withered
Links
Nahum 1:10 NIV
Nahum 1:10 NLT
Nahum 1:10 ESV
Nahum 1:10 NASB
Nahum 1:10 KJV

Nahum 1:10 Bible Apps
Nahum 1:10 Biblia Paralela
Nahum 1:10 Chinese Bible
Nahum 1:10 French Bible
Nahum 1:10 German Bible

Alphabetical: among and are As be completely consumed drink drunk drunken dry entangled from like stubble tangled their They thorns those who will wine with withered

OT Prophets: Nahum 1:10 For entangled like thorns and drunken as (Nah. Na) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Nahum 1:9
Top of Page
Top of Page