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Nahum 1:11

Old Testament Minor Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Nahum 1:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.
Nahum 1:11 — American Standard Version

Context — Nahum 1

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
8But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
9What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.
10For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.
11There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.
12Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
13And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
14And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“There is [one] come out of thee, etc.] That is, out of Nineveh, as the Targum explains it; meaning Sennacherib, who had his royal seat and palace there; or Rabshakeh that was sent from hence by him with a railing and blaspheming letter to the king of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. This is said to be at the present time of writing this prophecy, though it was after it, because of the certainty of it, as is usual in prophetic language; unless it can be thought that this prophecy was delivered out exactly at the time when Sennacherib had entered Judea, and was before the walls of Jerusalem; but not yet discomfited, as after predicted: that imagineth evil against the Lord; against the…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“There is one come out of thee - that is, Nineveh, “that imagineth” deviseth, , “evil, Lord, Sennacherib, against the the rod of God’s anger” Isaiah 10:5-7, yet who “meant not so,” as God meant. “And this was his counsel,” as is every counsel of Satan, “that they could not resist him, and so should withdraw themselves from the land of God, “into a land like their own” Isaiah 36:16-17, but whose joy and sweetness, its vines and its fig-trees, should not be from God, but from the Assyrian, i. e., from Satan. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Come - Sennacherib, or Rabshekah. Thee - From Nineveh. Against the Lord - Against the people of the Lord, Ch2 32:1. Nahum 1:12”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“one: Nah 1:9; Kg2 18:13, Kg2 18:14, Kg2 18:30, Kg2 19:22-25; Ch2 32:15-19; Isa 10:7-15 wicked counsellor: Heb. counsellor of Belial, Sa1 2:12; Sa2 20:1; Ch2 13:7 Nahum 1:12”
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