Nahum 1:10 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

Nahum 1:9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

Nahum 1:10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

Nahum 1:11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

Nahum 1:12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "folden", "together", "thorns", "drunken", "drunkards", "shall", "devoured", and "stubble". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "folden" and "together", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "What do ye imagine against the LORD..." into verse 11's "There is one come out of thee...", so "folden" and "together" 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 "folden" and "together" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.