Nahum 1:11 (DRB)

Passage

Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind.

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:9 What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make an utter end: there shall not rise a double affliction.

Nahum 1:10 For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry.

Nahum 1:11 Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind.

Nahum 1:12 Thus saith the Lord: Though they were perfect: and many of them so, yet thus shall they be cut off, and he shall pass: I have afflicted thee, and I will afflict thee no more.

Nahum 1:13 And now I will break in pieces his rod with which he struck thy back, and I will burst thy bonds asunder.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thee", "shall", "come", "forth", "imagineth", "evil", "against", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thee" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "For as thorns embrace one another so..." into verse 12's "Thus saith the Lord Though they were...", so "thee" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Nahum context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thee" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.