Nahum 1:10 (LSB)

Passage

Like tangled thorns, And like those who are drunken with their drink, They are consumed As stubble fully dried up.

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:8 But with an overflowing flood He will make a complete destruction of its place And will pursue His enemies into darkness.

Nahum 1:9 Whatever you devise against Yahweh, He will make a complete destruction of it. Distress will not rise up twice.

Nahum 1:10 Like tangled thorns, And like those who are drunken with their drink, They are consumed As stubble fully dried up.

Nahum 1:11 From you has gone forth One who devised evil against Yahweh, A vile counselor.

Nahum 1:12 Thus says Yahweh, “Though they are at full strength and likewise many, Even so, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "like", "tangled", "thorns", "drunken", "drink", "consumed", and "stubble". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "like" and "tangled", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Whatever you devise against Yahweh He will..." into verse 11's "From you has gone forth One who...", so "like" and "tangled" 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 "like" and "tangled" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.