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11 From you one has gone out
    who plots evil against the Lord,
    one who counsels wickedness.

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12 Thus says the Lord,
‘Though they are at full strength and many,[a]
    they will be cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
    I will afflict you no more.
13 And now I will break off his yoke from you
    and snap the bonds that bind you.’

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:12 Meaning of Heb uncertain

11 From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
    who plots evil against the Lord
    and devises wicked plans.

12 This is what the Lord says:

“Although they have allies and are numerous,
    they will be destroyed(A) and pass away.
Although I have afflicted you, Judah,
    I will afflict you no more.(B)
13 Now I will break their yoke(C) from your neck
    and tear your shackles away.”(D)

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