Nahum 1:10

Contemporary English Version 1995

They are like drunkards overcome by wine, or like twisted thornbushes burning in a fire.

Cross References

Micah 7:4

The most honest of them is worse than a thorn patch. Your doom has come! Lookouts sound the warning, and everyone panics.

Malachi 4:1

The day of judgment is certain to come. And it will be like a red-hot furnace with flames that burn up proud and sinful people, as though they were straw. Not a branch or a root will be left. I, the Lord All-Powerful, have spoken!

Nahum 3:11

Nineveh, now it's your turn! You will get drunk and try to hide from your enemy.

Isaiah 9:18

Evil had spread like a raging forest fire sending thornbushes up in smoke.

Isaiah 5:24

You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the teaching of the holy Lord God All-Powerful of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.

Jeremiah 51:57

I, the Lord All-Powerful, the true King, promise that the officials and advisors, the governors and leaders, and the soldiers of Babylon will get drunk, fall asleep, and never wake up.

Jeremiah 51:39

And since they are hungry, I will give them a banquet. They will celebrate, get drunk, then fall asleep, never to wake up!

Isaiah 27:4

I am no longer angry. But if it produces thorns, I will go to war against it and burn it to the ground.

Psalm 68:2

Scatter them like smoke! When you come near, make them melt like wax in a fire.

2 Samuel 13:28

But he told his servants, “Keep an eye on Amnon. When he gets a little drunk from the wine and is feeling relaxed, I'll give the signal. Then kill him! I've commanded you to do it, so don't be afraid. Be strong and brave.”

1 Samuel 25:36

Abigail went back home and found Nabal throwing a party fit for a king. He was very drunk and feeling good, so she didn't tell him anything that night.

Psalm 118:12

They swarmed around like bees, but by the power of the Lord, I got rid of them and their fiery sting.

Isaiah 47:14

People who trust the stars are as helpless as straw in a flaming fire. No one can even keep warm, sitting by a fire that feeds only on straw.

Isaiah 56:12

You say to each other, “Let's drink till we're drunk! Tomorrow we'll do it again. We'll really enjoy ourselves.”

Exodus 5:12

The slaves went all over Egypt, looking for straw.

Exodus 15:7

What a great victory was yours, when you defeated everyone who opposed you. Your fiery anger wiped them out, as though they were straw.